Abram-man

A form of Abraham man — A mentally ill beggar.

Meanings

nounAbram-man (plural Abram-men)

plural Abram-men

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Abraham man.

    There is a trick for you to find out an Abram-man, and save sixpence when he begs of you as a disbanded seaman.

    1823, Walter Scott, Saint Ronan's Well
    1 more example

    Come, princes of the ragged regiment; / You 'o the blood, Prig, my most Upright-lord, / and these, what name or title e'er they bear, / Jarkman, or Patrico, Crank, or Clapper-dudgeon, / Frater, or Abram-man; I speak to all.

    c. 1620, Beggars' Bush, act 2, scene 1
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