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queer kens

queer kens is the plural of queer ken.

Meaning of queer ken

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

Questions about queer kens

What is queer kens the plural of?
Queer kens is the plural of queer ken.

Words near queer kens in the dictionary

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

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