autem jet
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From autem (“church”) + jet (“black”), referencing the colour of a priest's vestments.
Noun
[edit]autem jet (plural autem jets)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A parson.
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[edit]References
[edit]- 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, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 79–80.