Language: en
Meaning: (idiomatic,obsolete,UK,thieves' cant)ADissenter; aProtestantwho is not a follower of the EstablishedChurch(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, page260: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.2014December 12, Sheena Vernon,Messiah: Love, Music and Malice at a Time of Handel, John Hunt Publishing,→ISBN:'Get theautem cackler,' his companion says, pointing at Tyers, mistaking him for a preacher.2015January 31, Lucia St. Clair Robson,Mary's Land, Lucia St. Clair Robson,→ISBN:"A military cove will damn us first, then tip us a sixpence, whilst anautem cacklercalls down God's blessing and parts not from a thin farthing."; (obsolete,UK,thieves' cant)Amarriedwoman1859,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? / Theautum-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?
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