carn-butein

Updated: May 9, 2025

"Thank you, sir," said my companion; "I now thoroughly understand the meaning of carn. Whenever I go to Chester, and a dressed-up madam jostles against me, I shall call her carn-butein. The Pope of Rome I shall in future term carn-lleidyr y byd, or the arch thief of the world.

George Henry Borrow - Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery