"grubbing ken" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1883, George Atkins Brine, The King of the Beggars, page 86:",
          "text": "It was on my tongue, as the saying is, to tell him I was not a frequenter of “grubbing kens,” but I thought better of it; it was the best policy not to offend him, as he might be useful.",
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        "A place where food may be procured; a workhouse or cookshop."
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        "(UK, obsolete, slang) A place where food may be procured; a workhouse or cookshop."
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