English

Noun

bowsing ken ‎(plural bowsing kens)

1. Alternative spelling of bousing ken
   • 1641–42, Brome, Richard, A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars, Act 2, Scene 1:

     Sir, I can lay my function by. / And talk as wild and wantonly / As Tom, or Tib, or Jack, or Jill, / When they at bowsing ken do swill.