English Dictionary

autem mort

noun

(archaic, thieves' cant) A married woman. / (idiomatic, archaic, thieves' cant) A female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity.

The autem mort was a common sight in medieval times.

意味（1）

(archaic, thieves' cant) A married woman.

These Autem Mortes be maried wemen, as there be but a fewe: For Autem in their Language is a church, so shee is a wyfe maried at the church, and they be as chaste as a cowe I have, that goeth to bull euery moone, with what bull she careth not.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, archaic, thieves' cant) A female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity.