autem quaver

English

Noun

autem quaver (plural autem quavers)

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A Quaker.

Hypernyms

autem cackler (“Dissenter”), autem prickear

Derived terms

autem quaver tub

References

[Francis Grose] (1788), “Autem quaver”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], OCLC 1179630700.
Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “autem quaver”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771, page 54.
Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 1, page 81

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