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spinniken

spinniken noun: a workhouse.

Noun

spinniken (plural spinnikens)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A workhouse.
    • […] they all three compared notes on the several workhouses they had been at. One inclined to think that the workhouses in South Wales were the best. Another thought the Yorkshire 'spinnikens' were.1866, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, page 184

Forms of spinniken

pluralspinnikens

Origin of spinniken

From spinning ken, alluding to one form of work done there.

Questions about spinniken

What does spinniken mean?
Spinniken means a workhouse.
What part of speech is spinniken?
Spinniken is a noun.
What is the plural of spinniken?
The plural of spinniken is spinnikens.

Words near spinniken in the dictionary

  1. spinney
  2. spinneys
  3. spinnier
  4. spinnies
  5. spinniest
  6. spinniken
  7. spinnikens
  8. spinnin'
  9. spinning
  10. spinning a tale
  11. spinning bike

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