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been cheetrie, been chaet, bin chit noun a brooch 20. Compare been liuer etymology: been ‘fine, good, costly rich, gentle’ + cheetrie which is a derivative of chaet ‘a thing, anything’; been cheetrie attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; been chaet attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies; form bin chit attested in Shelta note:

Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites bene looer chatrie [good gold thing] ‘a brooch’.