grubbing ken

noun

A place where food may be procured; a workhouse or cookshop.

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noungrubbing ken (plural grubbing kens)

plural grubbing kens

  1. UKobsoleteslangA place where food may be procured; a workhouse or cookshop.

    It was on my tongue, as the saying is, to tell him I was not a frequenter of “grubbing kens,” but I thought better of it; it was the best policy not to offend him, as he might be useful.

    1883, George Atkins Brine, The King of the Beggars, page 86
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