| 单词 |
mill-ken |
| 释义 |
mill-ken slang. Obs. [f. mill v.2 + ken.] A housebreaker.
1669Nicker Nicked in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 108 Kidnappers, vouchers, mill-kens, piemen, decoys [etc.]. 1673in R. Head Canting Acad. 191 The fourth is a Mill-ken, to crack up a Door. 1743Fielding Jon. Wild i. v, The same capacity which qualifies a Mill-ken..to arrive at any degrees of eminence..would likewise raise a man in what the world esteem a more honourable calling. |

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