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 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

The interior is divided into the usual "but" and "ben."

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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

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

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

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