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24 occurrences of scunner.
19 documents matching criteria (1.44% of corpus)
145,448 total words in matching documents (3.17% of corpus)
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Minnie | Blackhall, Sheena | 32,033 | 3 | 0.09 | |
... mair job tae tick aff amang a heeze o ithers. A tyauve, a scunner, a trauchle. Fin Jock Dow wirked the horse,tho, ye kent ... ... let it nae be skitters' she prayed silently. Minnie tuik scunner usin the dry lavvies oot in the playgrun, the timmer seats ... ... her, Steenhillock ooto thocht fur her faither Dod, an scunner o the Dam itsel, hid banned Minnie fae settin fit within a ... |
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Pillars of Society | Thirkell, Alison | 29,032 | 1 | 0.03 | |
... life - ! As if I hadny enough to think o! And then the wee scunner has the cheek to tell me that he'll run awa. That'll be ... |
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The Quarry | Blackhall, Sheena | 23,932 | 2 | 0.08 | |
... Auntie Jude his traiveller bluid in her, an sic fowk tak a scunner at the thocht o their ain flesh bein taen bi anither,” she ... ... gien him films o Gracelan an Elvis an dolphins –eneuch tae scunner a body – onless that body wis Bappy, fa loued Elvis as if ... |
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Halesome Farin' | Waddell, Mr John | 15,793 | 1 | 0.06 | |
... times waur - aye, he has much tae answer for. He's taen a scunner noo tae weeds, forgettin their nutritious seeds, an he ... |
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Preparing to Meet the Minotaur | Blackhall, Sheena | 8,944 | 2 | 0.22 | |
... blichtit gum ... a fooshtie fang, wad gie a verra deil the scunner. A hoast can set yer throat ableeze. A neb can dreep like ... ... can I hae a coke? I wint it! Wint it!" Yer jist a flamin scunner. No, ye canna. "Dan, can I clap yon big Alsatian dug?" ... |
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The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser] | Corbett, Dr John B | 6,214 | 2 | 0.32 | |
... honour to be, your obedient servant, John Macnab. I widnae scunner ye bi revealin the ootcome o the challenge, but suffice it ... ... mirky past and an ee for a bonnie laddie. Again, I winnae scunner yous bi spylin the endin, but suffice it tae say that the ... |
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The Wizard o the North | Blackhall, Sheena | 5,141 | 1 | 0.19 | |
... buy In the consumer clan. Ye winna? Och, yer eeseless, A scunner o a da. I'd kill fur a computer Gonna get ain, ma? The ... |
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Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 1: making gingerbread biscuits | N/A | Audio | 4,405 | 1 | 0.23 |
... //And look Mum!// F1107: //Aye.// What? Oh! Ye scunner! M1108: [eating noises] //Yummy! Whee, woo!// ... |
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Awfy thochts: The closemouth jottings of Wullie MacKersall | Glen, Michael Hamish | 3,176 | 1 | 0.31 | |
... nearly Reached a hunner. 'Life,' he says, 'is Sic a scunner. Ma freen's aw deid, Aye, every felly. Aw Ah can dae is ... |
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Craiters: 09 - Watter Rats | Fenton, Alexander | 2,693 | 1 | 0.37 | |
... fair puckly o e bonny black craiturs. Syne I took a richt scunner at masel, an stoppit. Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in ... |
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Scots Tung Wittins 89 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,612 | 1 | 0.38 | |
... Gommerel, Fushionless, Soor beukey, Pyocher, Raivelt, Scunner, Hyterin, Skitter, Fykie, Huddery heidit, Pernickety, ... |
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Scots Tung Wittins 155 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,593 | 1 | 0.39 | |
... as weel. It wis originally inspired bi Roald Dahl haein a scunner at bairds. Tae celebrate whit wad hiv been Roald Dahl's ... |
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Scots Tung Wittins 159 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,479 | 1 | 0.40 | |
... A BBC Scunner BBC Scotland's raicent "Hogmanay Live" shaw maun rank as ... |
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Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 2: playing snooker | N/A | Audio | 1,778 | 1 | 0.56 |
... chase me!// F1107: //Ooh, ye're gonna be a scunner when you get big.// //No I winna,// M1108: //Chase ... |
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A Braw Guid Alairm | Fairnie, Robert | 1,498 | 1 | 0.67 | |
... they didnae find oniethin.” “It maun hae been a richt scunner no kennin whit wis wrang.” said Geordie. “Ay, but it wis ... |
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The Buik o Ruth: 09 - Sermon at the Lallans Society Conference 1974 | Borrowman, A S | 1,487 | 1 | 0.67 | |
... the rike and sillery agayne the poverail. We hae soorin, scunner, wanhap and wanhope. We dinna hae saught, for we hae ... |
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The Buik o Ruth: 12 - Sermon at Partick Newton Place Church, Glesca, 1976 | Borrowman, A S | 1,347 | 1 | 0.74 | |
... the sillery wi the puir and hungert. We hae soorin, we hae scunner, but ae thing we hinna, saught. We hae biggit ane ugsome ... |
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Tetchie Auld-timer | Henderson, John | 149 | 1 | 6.71 | |
... kimmer says, “Ye’re ready fer the skip!” A soond an affa scunner me, Fair hypochondriacal. Bit niver mynd a aye can eese, ... |
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Overheard at the Chippie: Big brither, wee brither | Blackhall, Sheena | 142 | 1 | 7.04 | |
... hae thon can o coke? I wint it! Wint it! Yer jist a flamin scunner. No, ye canna. Dannie, can I clap yon big Alsation? Nuh. ... |