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