Kinchin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kinchin is a noun meaning (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A child.
Meaning
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A child.
Example Sentences
Me let him escape?—the bastard kinchin should have walked the plank ere I troubled myself about him.
Theſe Kinchins, the firſt thing they do, is to learne how to Cant, and the onely thing they pꝛactiſe, is to créepe in at windowes oꝛ Cellar dooꝛes.
A kynchen co is a young boye, traden vp to suche peuishe purposes as you haue harde of other young ympes before, that when he growth vnto yeres, he is better to hang then to drawe.
"The kinchins, my dear," said the Jew, "is the young children that's sent on errands by their mothers, with sixpences and shillings, and the lay is just to take their money away—they've always got it ready in their hands,—[…]
Word Forms
- kinchins
- kinchen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pease, kiddy, kidlet, chin, kiddie, kiddo.
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