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gentry cove
A gentleman. CANT.
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Gentry
·adj Birth; condition; rank by birth.
II. Gentry ·adj Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cove
·noun A concave molding.
II. Cove ·noun A boy or man of any age or station.
III. Cove ·vt To brood...
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cove
A man, a fellow, a rogue. The cove was bit; the rogue was outwitted. The cove has bit the cole; the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cove
a part of a building so called ; Kent. Also a little harbour for boats. S.
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cove
An inlet in a coast, sometimes extensive, as the Cove of Cork. In naval architecture, the arched mou...
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Ken
·vi To look around.
II. Ken ·noun A house; ·esp., one which is a resort for thieves.
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ken
A house. A bob ken, or a bowman ken; a well-furnished house, also a house that harbours thieves. Bit...
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ken
to know ; also to observe at a distance. I ken him afar off. N. Out of ken, ought of sight.
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gentry mort
A gentlewoman.
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abram cove
A cant word among thieves, signifying a naked or poor man; also a lusty, strong rogue.
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bene cove
A good fellow. Cant.
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college cove
The College cove has numbered him, and if he is knocked down he'll be twisted; the turnkey of Newgat...
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flogging cove
The beadle, or whipper, in Bridewell.
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mace cove
A swindler, a sharper, a cheat. On the mace; to live by swindling.
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milling cove
A boxer. How the milling cove served the cull out; how the boxer beat the fellow.
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queer cove
A rogue. CANT.
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rattling cove
A coachman. CANT.
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rum cove
A dexterous or clever rogue.
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smacking cove
A coachman.
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topping cove
The hangman. CANT.
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Ken, Thomas
(1637-1711)
Religious writer, s. of an attorney, was b. at Little Berkhampstead, ed. at Winchester ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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bowsing ken
An ale-house or gin-shop.
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cackler's ken
A hen roost. CANT.
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fencing ken
The magazine, or warehouse, where stolen goods are secreted.
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flash ken
A house that harbours thieves.
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ken miller
A housebreaker. CANT.
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ken cracker
A housebreaker. CANT.
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queer ken
A prison. CANT.
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smuggling ken
A bawdy-house.
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snoozing ken
A brothel. The swell was spiced in a snoozing ken of his screens; the gentleman was robbed of his ba...
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stalling ken
A broker's shop, or that of a receiver of stolen goods.
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stuling ken
See stalling ken. CANT.
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ken specked
marked or branded for distinction. N.
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mis-ken
to mistake, to misunderstand. North.
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ken, to
Ang.-Sax. descrying, as Shakspeare in Henry VI.:
"And far as I could ken thy chalky cliffs."
♦ K...
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ken-speckled
Conspicuous; having distinct marks.
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burn the ken
Strollers living in an alehouse without paying their quarters, are said to burn the ken. CANT.
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arch of the cove
An elliptical moulding sprung over the cove of a ship, at the lower part of the taffrail.
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