Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flatty-ken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: flat-ty-ken
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A public house whose landlord is ignorant of the practices of the thieves and tramps who frequent it.

British usage; Obsolete

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

flatty-kens (plural)

Questions

What does flatty-ken mean?: A public house whose landlord is ignorant of the practices of the thieves and tramps who frequent it.

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