单词 | but-and-ben |
释义 | > as lemmasbut-and-ben but-and-ben n. (also but an' ben, but 'n' ben, butt and ben) a house having an outer and an inner apartment; a two-roomed house. ΚΠ 1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 295 Some kind, connubial Dear Your But-and-ben adorns. c1870 R. Buchanan Sutherland's Pansies iii I found him settled in this but and ben. 1909 Ann. Brit. School Athens 1907–8 14 351 Let us now suppose the migration northward of such a type of b'ut and b'en house to a ruder climate. 1939 Austral. Women's Weekly Suppl. 26 Aug. 6/3 She and her brother inhabited a tiny cottage—a mere ‘but and ben’ in the centre of the village. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 25 Nov. 4/6 (caption) Plea for tax hike on but and bens. < as lemmas |
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