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spinnikens

spinnikens is the plural of spinniken.

Meaning of spinniken

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

Questions about spinnikens

What is spinnikens the plural of?
Spinnikens is the plural of spinniken.

Words near spinnikens in the dictionary

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

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