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kinchins

kinchins is the plural of kinchin.

Meaning of kinchin

Noun

kinchin (plural kinchins)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A child.
    • A kynchen co is a young boye, traden vp to suche peuishe purposes as you haue harde of other young ympes before, that when he growth vnto yeres, he is better to hang then to drawe.1567, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors

Questions about kinchins

What is kinchins the plural of?
Kinchins is the plural of kinchin.

Words near kinchins in the dictionary

  1. kinchin coves
  2. kinchin lay
  3. kinchin mort
  4. kinchin morts
  5. Kinchinjunga
  6. kinchins
  7. kincob
  8. kincobs
  9. Kincraig
  10. Kincsay
  11. Kincumber

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