libken

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noun

A house or lodging.

“c. 1607-1610, Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girl No, we scorn to be pure rogues, but if you come to our libken, or our stalling-ken, you shall find neither him nor me a queer cuffin.”

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Meanings

nounlibken (plural libkens)

plural libkens · alternative libkin

  1. obsoletethieves' cantA house or lodging.

    c. 1607-1610, Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girl No, we scorn to be pure rogues, but if you come to our libken, or our stalling-ken, you shall find neither him nor me a queer cuffin.

    2 more examples

    To their libkins at the Crackmans.

    1621, Ben Jonson, The Gypsies Metamorphosed

    These are the fees I always charge a swell that must have his lib-ken to himself.

    1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Belkin
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APA

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MLA

“libken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libken. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “libken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libken.

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