autem prickear

English

Noun

autem prickear (plural autem prickears)

(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A Dissenter; a Protestant who is not a follower of the Established Church (i.e. Church of England, Church of Scotland, etc).

Synonyms

autem cackler

Hyponyms

autem dipper (“Anabaptist”), autem quaver (“Quaker”)

References

[Francis Grose] (1788), “Autem prickear”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd corrected and enlarged edition, London: Printed for S. Hooper, […], OCLC 3138643.
“autem prickear” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, page 54.
Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 1, page 81

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