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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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bene kane
noun
a big house; the house of a rich person:
Dinnae bing up tae the bene kane, you’ll get us shifted.
[Don’t go to the big house because you will get us moved.]
20-
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etymology:
been
‘fine, good’ +
kane
‘a house; attested by
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