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bousing-ken

bousing-ken is the alternative spelling of bousing ken.

Meaning of bousing ken

Noun

bousing ken (plural bousing kens)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A pub; a public house; a tavern.
    • My doxy stays for me in a bousing ken, brave captain.1607–10, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girl, act 5, scene 1
    Synonyms:
    pub

Forms of bousing-ken

pluralbousing-kens

Questions about bousing-ken

What is bousing-ken the alternative spelling of?
Bousing-ken is the alternative spelling of bousing ken.

Words near bousing-ken in the dictionary

  1. Bousfields
  2. bousillage
  3. bousing
  4. bousing ken
  5. bousing kens
  6. bousing-ken
  7. bousing-kens
  8. Bouska
  9. Bouskas
  10. Bousman
  11. Bousmans

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