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grubbing ken

grubbing ken noun: a place where food may be procured; a workhouse or cookshop.

Noun

grubbing ken (plural grubbing kens)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A place where food may be procured; a workhouse or cookshop.
    • It was on my tongue, as the saying is, to tell him I was not a frequenter of “grubbing kens,” but I thought better of it; it was the best policy not to offend him, as he might be useful.1883, George Atkins Brine, The King of the Beggars, page 86

Forms of grubbing ken

pluralgrubbing kens

Questions about grubbing ken

What does grubbing ken mean?
Grubbing ken means a place where food may be procured; a workhouse or cookshop.
What part of speech is grubbing ken?
Grubbing ken is a noun.
What is the plural of grubbing ken?
The plural of grubbing ken is grubbing kens.

Words near grubbing ken in the dictionary

  1. grubbinesses
  2. grubbing
  3. grubbing along
  4. grubbing hoe
  5. grubbing hoes
  6. grubbing ken
  7. grubbing kens
  8. grubbing out
  9. grubbing up
  10. grubbings
  11. grubble

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