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Abraham cove en · NOUN
Meanings
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(UK, obsolete, qualifier:thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man.
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."
2004, Pamela Britton, Tempted, →ISBN:[…]and an "Abraham cove"—that is to say, an animal driven to desperation by cold and hunger.
1892, David Law Proudfit, The Man from the West:
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Synonyms
Abraham man