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autem cacklers

autem cacklers is the plural of autem cackler.

Meaning of autem cackler

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
  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

Questions about autem cacklers

What is autem cacklers the plural of?
Autem cacklers is the plural of autem cackler.

Words near autem cacklers in the dictionary

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

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