boozing ken

== English == === Alternative forms === boozing-ken === Etymology === Alteration of bousing ken. === Noun === boozing ken (plural boozing kens) (archaic, British slang) A pub; a public house; a tavern. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:pub === References === Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “boozing ken”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 165. John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890), “boozing ken”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 297–298.