autem prickear

English

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autem prickear (plural autem prickears)

(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).
- 2023 September 20, G. Wayne Miller, Unfit to Print: A Modern Media Satire, Crossroad Press, →ISBN:
  Count me as an Autem Cackler , or Prickear, if you prefer ."

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