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(slang, UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A house, especially a den of thieves.

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ken

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Source Word

ken

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kɛn/

UK obsolete slang

(slang, UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A house, especially a den of thieves.

Japanese Meaning

家、特に泥棒が潜伏する隠れ家

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They dared not enter the old ken after dark, for it had a fearsome reputation.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼らは夜になるとその古い盗賊の巣窟に入ることを恐れていた、恐ろしい評判があったからだ。

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(slang, UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A house, especially a den of thieves.

Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

kens

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