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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

wapping ken en · NOUN

Etymology

From wap (“to engage in sexual intercourse”) + ken (“house”).

Meanings

  1. (UK, obsolete, qualifier:thieves' cant) A brothel.

Forms

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wapping kens Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

wapping mort · wapping cove · wapping moll · wapping dell

Synonyms

brothel