autem quaver tub
English
Noun
autem quaver tub (plural autem quaver tubs)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A Quaker meetinghouse.
Related terms
- autem cackle tub (“generic Dissenter's meeting house”)
References
- [Francis Grose] (1788), “Autem quaver tub”, 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 tub”, 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, pages 81–82