A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

flicked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 4 4.4 9.9 0 0 9.7
Number of occurrences148 3 1 0 0 2
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of flicked in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
lly. Ma mither done the same. Flicked her een ower in his direction on page 1

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in then, ah said as Charlene flicked away her fag, Aye in a minute on page 37

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Hughie flicked on the gas hob to boil the ke on page 40

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
n the blink o an ee, the loon flicked the main on page 156
a wee pleep o terror, but she flicked the switch on. The hale theat on page 158

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah flicked the tea towel at him.
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
mbossed wi sparklin stars, an flicked tae a page wi an impression o
1 matches

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
wafted aroon the kitchen. Ah flicked on the kettle. Aye taks ages on page 42

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
bedroom and sat wi her as she flicked through her phota albums. Mai
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
silver cigarette lighter. He flicked it open, held it up in the ai
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Lily flicked hir moonbeam hair, "Aye," sai on page 25
nt o wairm wheaten breid. She flicked on the licht, released the bl on page 46

2 matches

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