† spellken Cant. Obs.
[See spell n.5 and ken n.2]
A theatre.
| c 1800 in Byron Juan xi. xix. note, If you at the spellken can't hustle, You'll be hobbled in making a Clout. 1823 Byron Ibid. xi. xix, Who in a row like Tom could lead the van, Booze in the ken, or at the spellken hustle? |