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autem cove

autem cove noun: a married man.

Noun

autem cove (plural autem coves)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A married man.
    • 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

Forms of autem cove

pluralautem coves
alternative formautum cove
alternative formautom cove

Questions about autem cove

What does autem cove mean?
Autem cove means a married man.
What part of speech is autem cove?
Autem cove is a noun.
What is the plural of autem cove?
The plural of autem cove is autem coves.

Words near autem cove in the dictionary

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

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