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English
Noun
bousing ken (plural bousing kens)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A pub; a public house; a tavern.
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- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “bousing ken”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 171.
- John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “bousing ken”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume I, Thomas Poulter and Sons] , →OCLC, pages 308–309.