English

Alternative forms

• autum cove, autom cove

Noun

autem cove ‎(plural autem coves)

1. (archaic, Britain, cant) A married man.

Related terms

• autem mort ‎(“married woman”)

References

• 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 80