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

Up the close and down the stair, But and ben wi' Burke and Hare.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have come to tell ye that it is neither Christian nor decent to bring up the wee thing but and ben wi' a kenned ill-doer like Daft Jeremy, that has twice been tried for his life for the shedding of blood!'

From Project Gutenberg