Old Cant. Also 6 lipken, 7 libkin. [f. LIB v.3 + KEN sb.2] A place to sleep in.
1567. [see LIB v.3].
1611. Middleton & Dekker, Roaring Girl, V. i. K 4. If you come to our lib ken.
1621. B. Jonson, Gipsies Metamorph. (1640), 50. To their libkins at the Crackmans.
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant, Crew, Libkin, a House to Lye in; also a Lodging.
1816. Scott, Guy M., xliv. These are the fees I always charge a swell that must have his lib-ken to himself.
