(obsolete, UK, thieves) A pub; a public house; a tavern.
(obsolete, UK, thieves) A pub; a public house; a tavern.
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(obsolete, slang) A dosshouse; a cheap inn.
Obsolete British slang for a cheap lodging house or dosshouse, combining 'dossing' (sleeping or lodging cheaply) with 'ken' (thieves' cant for a house or dwelling). The term belongs to the vocabulary of 19th-century street life and vagabond culture. It is now entirely historical.
(UK, Australia, NZ, slang) A public house, pub.
(UK, thieves, obsolete) A public house whose landlord is ignorant of the practices of the thieves and tramps who frequent it.
(obsolete, UK, slang) A lodging house for tramps.