autem jet

English

Etymology

From autem (“church”) + jet (“black”), referencing the colour of a priest's vestments.

Noun

autem jet (plural autem jets)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A parson.

References
  • “autem jet” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, pages 53–54.
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 1, pages 79–80
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