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The word 'keekin-gless'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
keekin-glessOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.1279
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 53.2 12 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 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 keekin-gless in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Keekin-Gless Hous on page 9
aiks, she heild it up tae the Keekin-gless, tae gar it see fit glumshie on page 13
"Fou wad ye like tae bide in Keekin-Gless Hous, Cheetie? I winner wad t on page 14
jist see the back o't in the Keekin-Gless) hed the face o a wee aal man on page 15
l her. "Och in course, it's a Keekin-gless byeuk! An gin I haad it up ti on page 20
Also on pages 100
12 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
imen’s relationships wi the keekin-gless, an frae this, a storie, cawe
wen intil a room whilk haes a keekin-gless, the scripturs in an ootlin l
arn-pan. Eimages kythes i the keekin-gless. It shaws a waddin ceremonie
his an projeckit it ontil his keekin-gless. O coorse, (as aye), a wyce e
sae enns the tale o the oorie keekin-gless.
5 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
oval in shape, a dresser wi a keekin-gless in the pier atween the windae on page 137

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
der and admirin hersel in the keekin-gless in an awfie daupit wey. The i on page 6

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
a keekin-gless baith ~ she sees hersel on page 93

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
A MAGIC GABBIN KEEKIN-GLESS. on page 21

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
s Teeger, sittin forenent the keekin-gless, keekin at himsel. on page 20
nd stertit tae explain whit a keekin-gless wis, but jist as he wis getti on page 21

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
let, wha wis starin intae the keekin-gless as weel. on page 138

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
High Heid Yin in front o his keekin-gless. on page 65

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
s in particular lowp oot as a keekin-gless image o the sentiment and phr
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
in anither, like a linguistic keekin-gless.
1 matches

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