Meaning of but and ben | Babel Free

Definitions

A two-roomed cottage; a small house or shack

Scotland

Examples

“Whether the old lady had caught cold the time she moved, or whether her ailing frame had been simply worn out, she never seemed to thrive after leaving the little but and ben she had so long lived in.”

“It was no more than a butt and a ben, with a rickle of sheds behind it where old Pooty kept his cow and a bit donkey that was nearly as old as himself […]”

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