autem cackler

English

Noun

autem cackler (plural autem cacklers)

1. (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A Dissenter; a Protestant who is not a follower of the Established Church (i.e. Church of England, Church of Scotland, etc).
   • 1876, Charles Hindley, editor, The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack‎^[1], London: Tinsley Brothers, page 260:

     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.

2. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A married woman
   • 1859, George Washington Matsell, The Vocabulum: or Rogues Lexicon, A Hundred Stretches Hence:

     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 stretches hence?

Synonyms

• (Dissenter): autem prickear
• (married woman): autem mort

Hyponyms

• (Dissenter): autem dipper (“Anabaptist”), autem quaver (“Quaker”)

Derived terms

• (Dissenter): autem cackle tub

References

• [Francis Grose] (1788) “Autem cackler”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.
• [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Autem cackler”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.
• Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “autem cackler”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 54.
• John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “autem cackler”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 80.