Abraham cove

See also: Abraham-cove

English

Noun

Abraham cove (plural Abraham coves)

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man
   • 1892, David Law Proudfit, The Man from the West:

     […] and an "Abraham cove"—that is to say, an animal driven to desperation by cold and hunger.

   • 2004, Pamela Britton, Tempted, →ISBN:

     Funny, but her words made him smile. "Ahh, Mary my love, how I missed your saucy tongue."
     My love? The beard splitter. The Abraham cove. She wasn't his love. "Burn in hell."

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Abraham man.