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The word 'claik'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
claikOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52516
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of claik in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"Cheust cut the claik," moaned Billy. "Open up and on page 56

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nery wis replaced bi lachter, claik an the termintin o some peer on page 93

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s it a decent price an aa the claik o the Toon forbye. on page 8
piece. "It wis jist a bittie claik at Ah heard in the Co-op it t on page 22

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
man, staunin apairt frae the claik o the wirkers he feed an fire
rd the skiffie passin on some claik she'd pickit up in the ferm k
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
kkin inno the whine o Bappy's claik, tho he kent fu weel it wis a
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
r lugs, an lippened tae their claik.
claik. Dauds o fooshty kail drapt f
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
a proper banter an a bit o a claik in ma mither tongue and am fa

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
lang draars! Baith in Buchan Claik. (2020) twitter link
Haein a news, a claik, a blether. Resource fer bair (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
ma keckle, lik hens at their claik, on page 34

1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
Buchan Claik bi Buchan an Toulmin- hoards
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ae question faan ye wint mair claik. https://t.co/RQZYkxD92s(2020)

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e techies got tae hear aa the claik. Some creep whase parents wis
mp) o this lascivious (thump) claik (thump). You ocht tae think s
2 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
air, tae be deaved wi aw that claik aboot aw kinds o dreich daily on page 133

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
I ken Elinor will report the claik of the kitchen. And, in any c on page 3

1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The toon's claik is he's efter her heirship. on page 80

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
s a baist.' Whit wis coanvict claik fir onyane convickit o fell s on page 17

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
subjectit ti thair ill-faured claik.
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e jyne the neebourly clish an claik ower the integrate Instant Me
1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
s and they'd hae a richt guid claik tae brisken up Seterday morn.
1 matches

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