Spinniken
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spinniken is a noun meaning (UK, obsolete, slang) A workhouse.
Meaning
(UK, obsolete, slang) A workhouse.
Example Sentences
[…] 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.
Word Forms
- spinnikens
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spinet, spial, tourn, spinnach, spinstry, spinage.
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