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Meaning of spinniken | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A workhouse.

UK, obsolete, slang

Examples

“[…] 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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Spinning spinning bike spinning frame spinning house spinning jenny spinning mule

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