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English
Etymology
From autem (“church”) + jet (“black”), referencing the colour of a priest's vestments.
Noun
autem jet (plural autem jets)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A parson.
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References
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “autem jet”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, pages 53–54.
- John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “autem jet”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume I, Thomas Poulter and Sons] , →OCLC, pages 79–80.