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autem coves

autem coves is the plural of autem cove.

Meaning of autem cove

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

Questions about autem coves

What is autem coves the plural of?
Autem coves is the plural of autem cove.

Words near autem coves in the dictionary

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

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