autem quaver tub
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
autem quaver tub (plural autem quaver tubs)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A Quaker meetinghouse.
Related terms[edit]
- autem cackle tub (“generic Dissenter's meeting house”)
References[edit]
- [Francis Grose] (1788) “Autem quaver tub”, 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 quaver tub”, 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 quaver tub”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 81–82.