boozing-ken

A form of boozing ken — A pub; a public house; a tavern.

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Meanings

nounboozing-ken (plural boozing-kens)

plural boozing-kens

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of boozing ken.

    I was up Hackney way, expecting to do a little business with Tom the Cracksman, which didn't come off; for Tom had been at the boozing-ken all the night before, and had blowed his hand up in a lark with some davy's dust.

    1844–45, George William MacArthur Reynolds, “The Boozing-Ken”, in The Mysteries of London
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APA

boozing-ken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boozing-ken

MLA

“boozing-ken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boozing-ken. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boozing-ken,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boozing-ken.

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