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autem cackler

autem cackler noun: a Dissenter; a Protestant who is not a follower of the Established Church (i.e. Church of England, Church of Scotland, etc).

Noun

autem cackler (plural autem cacklers)

  1. (UK, idiomatic, obsolete, thieves' cant) A Dissenter; a Protestant who is not a follower of the Established Church (i.e. Church of England, Church of Scotland, etc).
    • On one occasion a Jew was selling cocoa-nut when the "autem cackler," i.e., dissenting minister, came and wanted to impart to the Israelite the sin he committed in carrying on his vocation on such a day.1876, Charles Hindley, editor, The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack, London: Tinsley Brothers, page 260
    • 'Get the autem cackler,' his companion says, pointing at Tyers, mistaking him for a preacher.2014 December 12, Sheena Vernon, Messiah: Love, Music and Malice at a Time of Handel, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN
  2. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A married woman.
    • Oh! where will be the culls of the bing / A hundred stretches hence? / The bene morts, who sweetly sing, / A hundred stretches hence? / The autum-cacklers, autum-coves, / The jolly blade who wildly roves; / And where the buffer, bruiser, blowen, / And all the cops and beaks so knowin', / A hundred...1859, George Washington Matsell, The Vocabulum: or Rogues Lexicon, A Hundred Stretches Hence
    Synonyms:
    autem mort

Synonyms of autem cackler

Forms of autem cackler

pluralautem cacklers

Questions about autem cackler

What does autem cackler mean?
Autem cackler means a Dissenter; a Protestant who is not a follower of the Established Church (i.e. Church of England, Church of Scotland, etc).
What part of speech is autem cackler?
Autem cackler is a noun.
What is the plural of autem cackler?
The plural of autem cackler is autem cacklers.

Words near autem cackler in the dictionary

  1. autecologists
  2. autecology
  3. autem
  4. autem bawler
  5. autem bawlers
  6. autem cackler
  7. autem cacklers
  8. autem cove
  9. autem coves
  10. autem diver
  11. autem divers

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