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Adam Tilers

Adam Tilers is the plural of Adam Tiler.

Meaning of Adam Tiler

Noun

Adam Tiler (plural Adam Tilers)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic, thieves' cant and slang) A pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them.
    • "In the same way as I got this," showing a handful of silver, "by turning autem diver, or, if you like it better, my Adam tiler."
      "I do not understand you, Billy!"
      "Why, an autem diver is a pickpocket who practises in a church, and an Adam tiler his associate, who receives his booty …"1823, Tales of my Father, and my Friends, printed for T. and G. Underwood, Fleet Street, and Macredie, Skelly, and Co., Edinburgh; page 90–91

Questions about Adam Tilers

What is Adam Tilers the plural of?
Adam Tilers is the plural of Adam Tiler.

Words near Adam Tilers in the dictionary

  1. Adam and Eves
  2. Adam and Eving
  3. Adam and Steve
  4. Adam Henry
  5. Adam Tiler
  6. Adam Tilers
  7. Adam's ale
  8. Adam's apple
  9. Adam's apples
  10. Adam's Bridge
  11. Adam's earth

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