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autem_quaver

autem quaver

English

Noun

autem quaver (plural autem quavers)

  1. (archaic, Britain, cant) A Quaker.

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References

  • Grose, Francis (1788) A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper
  • Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 1, page 54
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 81