(Scotland) A two-roomed cottage; a small house or shack.
(Scotland) A two-roomed cottage; a small house or shack.
Whether the old lady had caught cold the time she moved, or whether her ailing frame had been simply worn out, she never seemed to thrive after leaving the little but and ben she had so long lived in.
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A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of.
(US, Canada, euphemism) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
To cohabit; to reside with another as a couple.
In the inner and outer parts of a building.
to live but and ben