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The word 'lanky'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lankyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.71210
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of lanky in Corpus

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General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
turnit his heid back tae the lanky loon tae his rear, a puzzled on page 76

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(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"This wye, Isa," the lanky yin snapped. "The newsagents on page 35

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Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
‘Oi, shut it ye lanky ignoramus’, giggled Evans,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The faither wis a lanky, win-dried man wia haurd face
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
but hus a skinny build, quite lanky really. He's the youngest amo on page 8

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
if hed no called me fat. The lanky prick. on page 27

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
the trail, despite bein a big lanky bugger who could probably pie on page 7

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That's whaur a lanky man prone on the pavin asks y on page 43

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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
flair, drawin ma eyes tae the lanky streak ay piss, Monty pullin
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General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
the trail, despite bein a big lanky bugger who could probably gie on page 11

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
his granda. He's gat the same lanky frame and dark broon hair. on page 60

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General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
Big lang drink o watter" is a lanky cratur. (2015) twitter link