queer ken

Meanings

nounqueer ken (plural queer kens)

plural queer kens · alternative quier ken · alternative quire ken · alternative quyer ken

UKdatedthieves' cant and PolariA prison.
Fact is, / she’ll end up in the charpering carsey / of Jennifer Justice. What is this / queer ken she’s in?
2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian
Synonyms: prison

nounA prison.

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From queer (“weird; odd”) + ken (“house”).

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