autem jet
English
Etymology
From autem (“church”) + jet (“black”), referencing the colour of a priest's vestments.
Noun
autem jet (plural autem jets)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A parson.
Related terms
- autem bawler
References
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “autem jet”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771, pages 53–54.
- Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, pages 79–80