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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.

See also

Spinning spinning bike spinning frame spinning house spinning jenny spinning mule