queer ken en · NOUN
Etymology
From queer (“weird; odd”) + ken (“house”).
Meanings
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(UK, dated, qualifier:thieves' cant and Polari) A prison.
Fact is, / she’ll end up in the charpering carsey / of Jennifer Justice. What is this / queer ken she’s in?
2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quier ken | alternative | lexicographic | |
| queer kens | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| quire ken | alternative | lexicographic | |
| quyer ken | alternative | lexicographic |