(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A house that will receive stolen goods.
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A house that will receive stolen goods.
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(obsolete, UK, slang) A lodging house for tramps.
Obsolete English thieves' cant meaning to understand or comprehend — to 'get it.' Part of the dense argot vocabulary documented in 16th and 17th century canting dictionaries. Essentially extinct today outside of historical linguistics and period crime fiction.
(dated, UK, thieves, and, Polari) A prison.
An obsolete piece of British thieves and vagabond cant for a lodging house that catered to tramps and vagabonds — essentially a dosshouse. Padding referred to the act of walking the roads (padding the hoof), and ken was cant for a house. Documented in 18th and 19th century slang dictionaries.