Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (also tiler) a pickpocket’s assistant.

1665		Head Eng. Rogue I 52: Tip the Cole to Adam Tyler, Give what money you pocket-pickt to the next party, presently.
1674		Head Canting Academy (2nd edn).
c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Adam-tiler, a Pickpocket’s Camerade who receives Stolen Money or Goods, and scowers off with them.
1714		A. Smith Lives of Most Noted Highway-men, etc. I 210: Tip the Cole to Adam Tyler, that’s, give what Money you have pick’d up out of the Man’s Pocket, to the next Party.
1725		New Canting Dict.
1737		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. n.p.: adam tiler, the Comerade of a Pick pocket, who receives stolen Goods or Money, and scours off with them. [Ibid.] n.p.: Tip the cole to adam tiler; i.e. give the Money, Watch, &c. to a running Companion, that the Pick-Pocket may have nothing found upon him, when he is apprehended.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1793		J. Caulfield Blackguardiana.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1828		Sussex Advertiser 14 Apr. 4/3: [We] soon passed a long string of gaggers, priggers, Adam Tylers, fancy coves, autum [sic] morts, gammoners, sweetners, uprightmen, bully huffs, lully priggers, star gazers, and coves of all sorts.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict.
1845		Nat. Police Gaz. (NY) 11 Oct. 59/2: A number of male pickpockets, with female associates as ‘tilers’ [...] have flocked to the Fair at Niblo’s.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open.
1895		C. Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict 3: Adam Tiler, the thief who carries off the plunder.

2. a criminal receiver.

1725		New Canting Dict.
1823		‘Jon Bee’ Dict. of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, etc. 2: Adam Tiler; a fence or receiver of stolen goods, who lends a hand occasionally — when he can do it safely.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open.
c.1850		Duncombe New and Improved Flash Dict.