But and ben

A but and ben (Scots for "out and in") is a two-roomed cottage. The outer room, used as an antechamber or kitchen, is the "but", while the inner room, used as a bedroom, is the "ben".

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↑ Robinson, Mairi (1985). The Concise Scots Dictionary. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-08-028492-2.
↑ Jamieson, John (1808). An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: Illustrating the Words in Their Different Significations, by Examples from Ancient and Modern Writers; Shewing Their Affinity to Those of Other Languages, and Especially the Northern; Explaining Many Terms, Which, Though Now Obsolete in England. Creech, Constable, and Blackwood. p. 46.

References

C. Michael Hogan, Knossos fieldnotes, Modern Antiquarian (2007)
Ernest Ingersoll (1906) The Wit of the Wild, New York City: Dodd, Mead and company, 294 pages

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[CSD-1] Robinson, Mairi (1985). The Concise Scots Dictionary. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-08-028492-2.

[Jamieson1808-2] Jamieson, John (1808). An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: Illustrating the Words in Their Different Significations, by Examples from Ancient and Modern Writers; Shewing Their Affinity to Those of Other Languages, and Especially the Northern; Explaining Many Terms, Which, Though Now Obsolete in England. Creech, Constable, and Blackwood. p. 46.

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