bousing ken

== English == === Alternative forms === bousing-ken, bouzing-ken, bouzing ken, bowsing ken, bowsing-ken === Noun === bousing ken (plural bousing kens) (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A pub; a public house; a tavern. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bousing ken. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:pub ==== Derived terms ==== boozing ken, boozing-ken === References === Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “bousing ken”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 171. John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890), “bousing ken”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 308–309.