spinikenn.
Cant.
A workhouse.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. > workhouse
working-house1597
workhouse1631
house of industry1679
spin-house1702
parish house1709
poorhouse1727
poorshouse1732
house?1825
union workhouse1830
union house1835
pauper asylum1837
great house1838
union1839
big house1851
spiniken1859
spike1866
lump1874
1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang Spinikin, a workhouse.
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Spiniken, St. Giles's workhouse [etc.].
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