do Abram
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[edit]Verb
[edit]do Abram (third-person singular simple present does Abram, present participle doing Abram, simple past did Abram, past participle done Abram)
- (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.