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KEN,

a House. A bob-Ken, or a Bowman-ken, a good or well furnished House; also a House that harbours Rogues and Thieves. Biting the Ken, robbing the House, 'tis a bob Ken, Brush upon the Sneak, i.e., 'Tis a good House, go in and tread softly. We have bit the Ken, The House is robb'd, or the Business is done.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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KATE
KEEL-Bullies
KEEPING Cully
KEFFAL
KELTER
KEN
KEN-Miller
KICK
KICK'D
KICKS
KID

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Ken in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).