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beenship1 adjective good, great, grand 19-20. etymology: been fine, good, costly rich, gentle+ English suffix ship ‘denoting quality, status or condition’; also possibly found in Shelta; collected by EMcC/PS; attested by Galloway and Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies and SS; also collected by Simson (1865) note:

Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites the form beneship as ‘a beautiful relationship’.

beenship2 adjective gentle, attractive, noble: Grib to your naiskel, my beenship kinchen [Dance to your daddy my bonnie laddie.] 20-. etymology: been fine, good, costly rich, gentle+ English suffic ship ‘denoting quality, status or condition’; attested by BS in TDITA note:

Cited by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) and defined ‘as ‘gentle’.