In one episode of Fawlty Towers, John Cleese (as Basil Fawlty) calls his wife (as Polly) "you silly cloth-eared bint". Wonder if he called her that when arguing at home too :)
EDIT: Found this
bint (n.) "girlfriend," 1855, British English, from Arabic bint "daughter;" adopted by British fighting men in the Middle East. OED reports it "in common use by British servicemen in Egypt and neighbouring countries" in the world wars.
Ha ha, bint. I've always wondered if that's formed from bitch and cunt. We don't have the word in American English.
Bint means "daughter of"
The same way that "bin" means "son of"
As in "Osama bin Laden"
Thanks!
In one episode of Fawlty Towers, John Cleese (as Basil Fawlty) calls his wife (as Polly) "you silly cloth-eared bint". Wonder if he called her that when arguing at home too :)
EDIT: Found this
So that explains it