"Adam Tiler" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1823, Tales of my Father, and my Friends, printed for T. and G. Underwood, Fleet Street, and Macredie, Skelly, and Co., Edinburgh; page 90–91",
          "text": "\"In the same way as I got this,\" showing a handful of silver, \"by turning autem diver, or, if you like it better, my Adam tiler.\"\n\"I do not understand you, Billy!\"\n\"Why, an autem diver is a pickpocket who practises in a church, and an Adam tiler his associate, who receives his booty …\""
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        {
          "ref": "1934, Brian Penton, Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch",
          "text": "He waved his hand. \"Well, you know how these sods gas. Most likely there's nothing in it. It's a cert Gursey sank dead on the gutter at the Flat. It'd be hard to prove he was Jem's Adam Tiler.\""
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          "ref": "1940 (2009 edition), Georgette Heyer, The Corinthian, page 112",
          "text": "\"In Mr Yarde's picturesque but somewhat obscure language, he — er — tipped the cole to Adam Tiler. Have I that right?'\n'How the d-devil should I know?' snapped Brandon.\n'You must forgive me. You seem to me to be so familiar with — er — thieves and — er — swashbucklers, that I assumed that you were conversant also with thieving cant.'"
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          "ref": "2007, S. Thomas Russell, Under Enemy Colors:",
          "text": "“And do you know what an Adam Tiler does?” Wickham looked a bit embarrassed. “Is he employed in the repair of roofs, sir?”\n...\n“An Adam Tiler is the associate of a Fork, better known as a pickpocket.”",
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          "ref": "2007, Ronnie Blackwell, Spite, page 154:",
          "text": "“Then Sue lifted his passkey as he turned to go back to the office.”\n“Lifted?” I said. “So now you've got the lingo down? Next you'll be telling me about marks, nippers, and Adam Tilers.” The Adam Tiler bit brought a puzzled look from even Sue.\n“Oh, oh, I was the misdirection,” Narlene blurted. “I sort of let my pareo slip off of my shoulder at just the right time.”",
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      "glosses": [
        "A pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them."
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        "(idiomatic, archaic, thieves' cant and slang) A pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them."
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          "ref": "1823, Tales of my Father, and my Friends, printed for T. and G. Underwood, Fleet Street, and Macredie, Skelly, and Co., Edinburgh; page 90–91",
          "text": "\"In the same way as I got this,\" showing a handful of silver, \"by turning autem diver, or, if you like it better, my Adam tiler.\"\n\"I do not understand you, Billy!\"\n\"Why, an autem diver is a pickpocket who practises in a church, and an Adam tiler his associate, who receives his booty …\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934, Brian Penton, Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch",
          "text": "He waved his hand. \"Well, you know how these sods gas. Most likely there's nothing in it. It's a cert Gursey sank dead on the gutter at the Flat. It'd be hard to prove he was Jem's Adam Tiler.\""
        },
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          "ref": "1940 (2009 edition), Georgette Heyer, The Corinthian, page 112",
          "text": "\"In Mr Yarde's picturesque but somewhat obscure language, he — er — tipped the cole to Adam Tiler. Have I that right?'\n'How the d-devil should I know?' snapped Brandon.\n'You must forgive me. You seem to me to be so familiar with — er — thieves and — er — swashbucklers, that I assumed that you were conversant also with thieving cant.'"
        },
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          "text": "“And do you know what an Adam Tiler does?” Wickham looked a bit embarrassed. “Is he employed in the repair of roofs, sir?”\n...\n“An Adam Tiler is the associate of a Fork, better known as a pickpocket.”",
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          "text": "“Then Sue lifted his passkey as he turned to go back to the office.”\n“Lifted?” I said. “So now you've got the lingo down? Next you'll be telling me about marks, nippers, and Adam Tilers.” The Adam Tiler bit brought a puzzled look from even Sue.\n“Oh, oh, I was the misdirection,” Narlene blurted. “I sort of let my pareo slip off of my shoulder at just the right time.”",
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        "A pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them."
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        "(idiomatic, archaic, thieves' cant and slang) A pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them."
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