autem jet

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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. ==== Related terms ==== autem bawler === References === Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “autem jet”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume 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.