autem dipper
English edit
Etymology edit
From autem (“church”) + dip (“The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.”) + -er, referencing the practice of baptism by being dipped in water.
Noun edit
autem dipper (plural autem dippers)
- (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) An Anabaptist.
Hypernyms edit
References edit
- [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Autem dipper”, 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 dipper”, 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 dipper”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 81.