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单词 mill-ken
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mill-kenn.

Brit. /ˈmɪlkɛn/, U.S. /ˈmɪlˌkɛn/
Forms: 1600s–1700s milken, 1600s– mill-ken, 1700s mill-hen (transmission error).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill v.2, ken n.2
Etymology: < mill v.2 + ken n.2
cant (now historical).
A thief, a housebreaker.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun]
housebreakera1400
burglary1533
burglar1541
burglarer1598
mill1607
mill-ken1667
hoister1708
crack1749
cracksman1819
screwsman1819
screwer1831
crib-cracker1879
cracker1886
key worker1895
houseman1904
home invader1907
in and out man1961
1667 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue (rev. ed.) I. i. 50 Milken, one that breaks Houses.
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 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild i. v, in Misc. III. 33 The same Capacity which qualifies a Mill-hen [read Mill-ken]..to arrive at any Degree of Eminence..would likewise raise a Man in what the World esteem a more honourable Calling.
1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 55 Milken, a house-breaker.
1980 E. Jong Fanny i. xv. 127 But Martin also taught me about London Low Life, the private Language that Thieves have amongst 'emselves—..[such as] Mill-Ken fer House-Breaker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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