English

Alternative forms

• bousing-ken, bouzing-ken, bouzing ken, bowsing ken, bowsing-ken

Noun

bousing ken ‎(plural bousing kens)

1. (archaic, Britain, cant) A pub; a public house; a tavern.
   • 1607–10, Middleton, Thomas; Dekker, Thomas, The Roaring Girl, Act 5, Scene 1:

     My doxy stays for me in a bousing ken, brave captain.

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:pub

Derived terms

• boozing ken, boozing-ken

References

• Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 1, page 171
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, pages 308–309