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Bist vs Bint - What's the difference?

bist | bint |

As a numeral bist

is twenty.

As a noun bint is

(british|pejorative) a woman, a girl.

bist

English

Verb

(head)
  • Originally used to form the second person singular of be, but can denote other present tense forms, such as: are, am, is
  • *1875 , Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch :
    • Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me.
  • *1904 , Henry Branch, Cotswold and vale :
    • Lookee, thee bist' purty, my love; lookee, thee ' bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.
    Where bist goin'.
  • :: Where are you going?
    • I bist goin' 'ome.
  • :: I am going home
    • How bist ?
  • :: How are you?

    • Related terms

    * bin * bisn't

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    bint

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, pejorative) A woman, a girl.
    • Tell that bint to get herself in here now!
    Don't you remember the Crimbo din-din we had with the grotty Scots bint ?
  • * Monty Python's Flying Circus
    • If I went round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

    Synonyms

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