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(Scotland, northern England) In, into.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 32:
Inner, interior.
(Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
The winged seed of the ben tree.
The oil of the ben seed.
(usually, capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
An English and Scottish diminutive of the male given name James, also used as a formal given name.
derived from James, of modern American usage.
As a noun ben
is (obsolete) a prayer; a petition or ben can be (scotland|northern england) ben-room: the inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but) or ben can be a tree, moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of arabia and india, which produces oil of ben or ben can be (usually|capitalised) son of (used with hebrew and arabic surnames) or ben can be a scottish or irish mountain or high peak.As a preposition ben
is (scotland|northern england) in, into.As an adjective ben
is inner, interior.ben
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ben, bene, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) ben, bene, variation of bin, .Preposition
(English prepositions)- And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.