autem dipper
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English
Etymology
From autem (“church”) + dip (“The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.”) + -er, referencing the practice of baptism by being dipped in water.
Noun
autem dipper (plural autem dippers)
- (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) An Anabaptist.
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References
- [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Autem dipper”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. , London: C. Chappell, , →OCLC.
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “autem dipper”, 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 dipper”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume I, Thomas Poulter and Sons] , →OCLC, page 81.