English

Alternative forms

• autem-gogler, autem-goggler, autem goggler

Noun

autem gogler ‎(plural autem goglers)

1. (archaic, Britain, cant) A religious- or spiritual-based con artist or scam operator.
   • 1725, A New Canting Dictionary:

     Autem-Gogglers, a Crew of Religious Canters, pretending to be persecuted Camisars, or French Prophets, distorting their Faces with ridiculous Grimaces, &c. and laying Claim to Inspiration, in order to gather People about them, with intent to rob, plunder, or pick Pockets.

2. (archaic, Britain, cant) Hence, a conjuror or fortuneteller.

References

• Grose, Francis (1788) A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper
• Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 1, page 54
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 81
• Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of the Underworld, London, Macmillan Co., 1949