bothy
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Ireland" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈbʌhi/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈbɒ.θi/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈbɑθi/
Noun
bothy (plural bothies)
- (Scotland, Ireland) A small cottage, especially one for communal use in remote areas by labourers or farmhands. [from 18th c.]
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 106:
- Often Neil sat in their bothy on winter nights and told Calum about seas he had never seen.
- 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 12:
- The Bog Creeper came out her wee bothy so I stood on the toilet seat and Lanna whipped her skirt down to her boots and sat.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 106: