libkenn.
Old Cant.
A place to sleep in.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > place to sleep
beda1300
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libken1567
bedroom1600
snooze1819
pad1914
skipper1925
crash pad1939
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Giii v In what lipken hast thou lipped in this darkemanes; whether in a lybbege or in the strummell.
1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. K4 If you come to our lib ken, or our stalling ken.
a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 48 in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) To the Libkins at the Crackmans.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Libkin, a House to Lye in; also a Lodging.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. v. 86 These are the fees I always charge a swell that must have his lib-ken to himsell.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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