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Verb edit

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 edit

Chiefly used by sailors and workmen.

References edit

  • 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.

Anagrams edit