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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but and ben

The change-house of the widow was on the ground-flat, a but and ben, the ceilings arched with stone—a strange device in masonry you'll seldom find elsewhere, Highland or Lowland.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro

It was her home she saw always, the humble "but and ben" with the primitive conditions of life, the crude amenities, the sweet joys of simple unaffected people; but it was her home.

From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by James C. Welsh

Blithe, blithe and merry was she, Blithe was she but and ben: Blithe by the banks of Ern, And blithe in Glenturit glen.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

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 Donalblane of Darien by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley

Chorus.—Blythe, blythe and merry was she, Blythe was she but and ben; Blythe by the banks of Earn, And blythe in Glenturit glen.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns