or kid-ken or kiddy-ken, subs. (thieves’).—A lodging house frequented by young thieves.

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  1839.  W. A. MILES, Poverty, Mendicity, and Crime, pp. 74 and 90, s.v.

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  1859.  G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.

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