What does spinniken mean?
Spinniken means (UK, obsolete, slang) A workhouse..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK, obsolete, slang) A workhouse..
[…] they all three compared notes on the several workhouses they had been at. One inclined to think that the workhouses in South Wales were the best. Another thought the Yorkshire 'spinnikens' were.
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Spinniken means (UK, obsolete, slang) A workhouse..
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[…] they all three compared notes on the several workhouses they had been at. One inclined to think that the workhouses in South Wales were the best. Another thought the Yorkshire 'spinnikens' were.
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