do Abram

English

Verb

do Abram (third-person singular simple present does Abram, present participle doing Abram, simple past did Abram, past participle done Abram)

  1. (archaic, UK, slang) Synonym of sham Abraham

Usage notes

Chiefly used by sailors and workmen.

References
  • John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “do Abram”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 11.

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