Abraham Grains
English
Noun
Abraham Grains
- (obsolete, thieves' cant) A publican who brews his own beer.
References
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “Abraham Grains”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771, page 7.
- Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 10