queer ken

noun

queer ken

noun

Etymology From queer (“weird; odd”) + ken (“house”).

1

UK, Dated A prison.

Thieves' cant and Polari

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:

Synonyms: prison
Derived terms: queer-ken hall

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