sham Abram
English
Verb
sham Abram (third-person singular simple present shams Abram, present participle shamming Abram, simple past and past participle shammed Abram)
- Alternative form of sham Abraham [First attested in the late 18th century.][1]
References
[Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811), “Sham Abram”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: Printed for C. Chappell, […], OCLC 23927885.
- “sham Abram” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 7.
Anagrams
- Abram sham