bousing ken

See also: bousing-ken

English

Alternative forms

bousing-ken, bouzing-ken, bouzing ken, bowsing ken, bowsing-ken

Noun

bousing ken (plural bousing kens)

(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A pub; a public house; a tavern.
- 1607–10, Middleton, Thomas; Dekker, Thomas, The Roaring Girl, Act 5, Scene 1:
  My doxy stays for me in a bousing ken, brave captain.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:bousing ken.

Synonyms

For semantic relationships of this term, see pub in the Thesaurus.

Derived terms

boozing ken, boozing-ken

References

“bousing ken” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, page 171.
Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 1, pages 308–309

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