bowsing ken

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

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Meanings

nounbowsing ken (plural bowsing kens)

plural bowsing kens

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bousing ken.

    Sir, I can lay my function by. / And talk as wild and wantonly / As Tom, or Tib, or Jack, or Jill, / When they at bowsing ken do swill.

    1641–42, Richard Brome, A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars, act 2, scene 1
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