Cant. Obs. [See SPELL sb.5 and KEN sb.2] A theatrr.
c. 1800. in Byron, Juan, XI. xix. note. If you at the spellken can’t hustle, You’ll be hobbled in making a Clout.
1823. Byron, Ibid. XI. xix. Who in a row like Tom could lead the van, Booze in the ken, or at the spellken hustle?
