- while this term may be used of any basic dwelling or shelter, it can also refer to some form of (temporary) living quarters for workmen, or a shelter on a hillside for shepherds, climbers or hill-walkers. Historically, it was also used of an independent building on a farm, used to house unmarried male farm servants. In his book on Glaswegian dialect, The Patter (1985), Michael Munro notes that a bothy can be a labourer's shelter on a building site or a sophisticated portakabin.
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