but and ben

British  

noun

1. a two-roomed cottage consisting of an outer room or kitchen ( but ) and an inner room ( ben )

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Example Sentences

But now she had to explain that a “grice” was a pig and that “but” and “ben” meant in and out.

From Project Gutenberg

Ben, ben, prep. and adv. in toward the inner apartment of a house.—n. the inner apartment of a house, as opposed to the But or kitchen through which one must generally pass first.—To be far ben with one, to be on terms of great intimacy or friendship with; To live but and ben, to live respectively in these rooms, in close neighbourhood with any one.

From Project Gutenberg

They settled in Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, in a "but and ben"�two rooms in a row of brick tenements on Gray Street, near the factory.

From Time Magazine Archive

The son of a shepherd, whose tiny shieling with only a "but and ben" seemed to shelter an impossible number of children, he had practically run wild upon the mountains.

From Project Gutenberg

Court her, master, court her, So shall ye do weel; But and ben she’ll guide the house, I’se get milk and meal.

From Project Gutenberg