different between boothy vs bothy

boothy

English

Noun

boothy (plural boothies)

  1. Alternative form of bothy

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bothy

English

Alternative forms

  • boothy
  • bothie

Etymology

Probably from booth +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /?b?hi/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /?b?.?i/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?b??i/

Noun

bothy (plural bothies)

  1. (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.

Derived terms

  • bothy ballad

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