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English
Noun
autem cove (plural autem coves)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A married man.
1859, 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? / The autum-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?
References
- Albert Barrère and Charles G Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “autem cove”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 54.
- John S Farmer, compiler (1890) “autem cove”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. ">…], volume I, ">…] Thomas Poulter and Sons] , →OCLC, page 80.