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autum cove

autum cove is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of autum cove

pluralautum coves

Questions about autum cove

What is autum cove the alternative spelling of?
Autum cove is the alternative spelling of autem cove.

Words near autum cove in the dictionary

  1. Autrey
  2. Autreys
  3. Autry
  4. Autrys
  5. autum
  6. autum cove
  7. autum coves
  8. autum mort
  9. autum morts
  10. autumn
  11. autumn Adonis

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