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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 qual...
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▪ I. mill, n.1 (mɪl) Forms: α. 1 mylen, 1–2, 6–7 myln, 3–7 mulne, 4–7 mylne, 5 myllne, myllen, 7, 8–9 dial. miln; β. 1 myll, 3–4 mulle, 4 mille, 4–5 mylle, 4–6 melle, 5 myl, 6–7 myl(l, 6– mill. [OE. mylen masc. and fem.:—prehistoric *mulīno-, *mulīna, a. late L. molīnum, molīna (whence F. moulin, Pr...
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