mill-ken slang. Obs.
[f. mill v.2 + ken.]
A housebreaker.
| 1669 Nicker Nicked in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 108 Kidnappers, vouchers, mill-kens, piemen, decoys [etc.]. 1673 in R. Head Canting Acad. 191 The fourth is a Mill-ken, to crack up a Door. 1743 Fielding Jon. Wild i. v, The same capacity which qualifies a Mill-ken..to arrive at any degrees of eminence..would likewise raise a man in what the world esteem a more honourable calling. |