Meanings
nounspinniken (plural spinnikens)
plural spinnikens
- UKobsoleteslangA workhouse.
[…] they all three compared notes on the several workhouses they had been at. One inclined to think that the workhouses in South Wales were the best. Another thought the Yorkshire 'spinnikens' were.
1866, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, page 184
Origin
From spinning ken, alluding to one form of work done there.
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spinniken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinniken
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“spinniken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinniken. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinniken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinniken.
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