kinchin cove

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

kinchin cove (plural kinchin coves)

  1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) An orphan beggar boy trained to become a thief.
  2. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A man who robs children.

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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