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queer ken

queer ken noun: a prison.

Noun

queer ken (plural queer kens)

  1. (UK, dated, thieves' cant and Polari) A prison.
    • Fact is, / she’ll end up in the charpering carsey / of Jennifer Justice. What is this / queer ken she’s in?2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    prison

Synonyms of queer ken

Forms of queer ken

pluralqueer kens
alternative formquier ken
alternative formquire ken
alternative formquyer ken

Origin of queer ken

From queer (“weird; odd”) + ken (“house”).

Words formed from queer ken

  • queer-ken hall

Questions about queer ken

What does queer ken mean?
Queer ken means a prison.
What part of speech is queer ken?
Queer ken is a noun.
What is the plural of queer ken?
The plural of queer ken is queer kens.

Words near queer ken in the dictionary

  1. queer cuffin
  2. queer duck
  3. queer ducks
  4. queer fish
  5. queer in the head
  6. queer ken
  7. queer kens
  8. queer liberation
  9. queer parade
  10. queer parades
  11. queer someone's pitch

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