autem diver

== English == === Noun === autem diver (plural autem divers) (idiomatic, archaic, thieves' cant) Pickpockets who practice in churches; also churchwardens and overseers of the poor. === References === [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811), “Autem diver”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.