A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'shanks'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of shanks in Corpus

Orkney

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ir powe an his skinnymalinkie shanks, aa barkit wi glaur an scurls
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
lang a bench. Puir Dauvit’s shanks war sae lang, he luikit like
ast, an kickit her fower pink shanks in the air wi a gledsome grum
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
istly explored knocks, braes, shanks, heughs, haughs, mires, dubs (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
ir, sae dwaible was he on his shanks; but eence in the hoose, Zand on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
awye else. We aa hiv airms an shanks bit Nor-easters hiv gairdies
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
hained hir shanks frae jaks an pirks as shae ra
skrankie shanks.
the erss o a grumphie, the shanks o a puddok, an the heid o a c
3 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
-thrawn whins waffing runkelt shanks abuin the heich waa: a dunk c
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
For wi yer lang an limber shanks
s tae me, wi strang an limber shanks,
ird-like beasts wi yaird-lang shanks?
3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ves - mutual respect fae the shanks n frank (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Alex Shanks on page 64

1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
ll neist ye sit Jack, ease ma shanks,
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit's For Ye'll No Gae By Ye, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
bootin yer shanks, duntin yer heid,
1 matches

Dundee

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
his shanks, pillars o marble on page 12

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Frozen on his shanks!
Bit a, wi’ shanks fu’ tichtly crossed,
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
place, an the crampin o thair shanks. Than there wis a crump o fui
chaffit an flexit thair dowf shanks back intae motion, vyces crie
2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
he bone works an the Armitage Shanks urinal factory where ma granp
1 matches

Ayrshire

General Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
On jagless shanks, wi gowdilocks, on page 91

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
weys. Whitever gangs upon twa shanks is an enemy. Whitever gangs u on page 6

4 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
wearin a kilted plaid wi bare shanks an nae breiks.' on page 14

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
wis! Her fizzog and hauns and shanks and craigie, in fact the skin on page 110
wis a tottie pair o shanks and a tottie pair o airms sti on page 112
a muckle fat craitur wi short shanks, and she wis pechin like a rh on page 123
is airms aroond Granda Jock's shanks and hung on ticht. on page 139
s hingin on tae Granda Jock's shanks again and Mr Wonka wis haudin on page 163

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
wis an afte tone buddie. Her shanks were that cutty she had tae h on page 5
R REMOVER. SLAISTER IT ON YER SHANKS, it said, AND KEEP IT ON YE F on page 21
BOAK, SAIR NEBS, SHOOGLIE SHANKS, BUBBLYJOCKITIS, EGG TRAUCHLE on page 28
aty ran alang the backs o his shanks. It wis wunnerfu tae staund t on page 33
he middle pairt o Granme. Her shanks were in the room ablow, her h on page 48
Also on pages 82, 87
13 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nd prood-lookin, wi his fower shanks up in the air, Heehaw cam oot on page 90

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Frae shanks o gress waxt hale an fere, on page 36
On jagless shanks, wi gowdilocks, on page 52

2 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
And cockit on his bed wi his shanks fauldit til his chin, on page 100

1 matches

McGibbon, Joe Lallans 73 - Feyther Langshanks Blues, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
gin aroun ma bedlicht; eneuch shanks for twa, on page 116

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
hile he streekit oot his lang shanks as if wi
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
her load o sheep an cauves’ shanks, heids an offal wis timmd int
1 matches

@GMacminto tweeted
nourin C. Langton): An eemock shanks alang the trail seestem shawn (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)