1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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of shops. CANT.
AUTEM. A church. AUTEM BAWLER. A parson. CANT. AUTEM CACKLERS, AUTEM PRICKEARS. Dissenters of every denomination. CANT. AUTEM CACKLETUB. A conventicle or meeting-house for dissenters. CANT. AUTEM DIPPERS. Anabaptists. CANT. AUTEM DIVERS. Pickpockets who practice in churches; also churchwardens and overseers of the poor. CANT. AUTEM GOGLERS. Pretended French prophets. CANT. AUTEM MORT. A married woman; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity. CANT. AUTEM QUAVERS. Quakers. AUTEM QUAVER TUB. A Quakers' meeting-house. CANT. AWAKE. Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do. |
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