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boozing-ken

boozing-ken

See also: boozing ken

English

Noun

boozing-ken β€Ž(plural boozing-kens)

  1. Alternative spelling of boozing ken
    • 1844–45, Reynolds, George William MacArthur, β€œThe Boozing-Ken”, in The Mysteries of London:
      I was up Hackney way, expecting to do a little business with Tom the Cracksman, which didn't come off; for Tom had been at the boozing-ken all the night before, and had blowed his hand up in a lark with some davy's dust.