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.

ΘΚΠ

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).

单词	mill-ken
释义	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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1667
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