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Abraham cove
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Abraham-cove
English
Noun
en obsolete UK thieves en Abraham man.
en 1892 The Man from the West w:David Law Proudfit and an "Abraham cove"—that is to say, an animal driven to desperation by cold and hunger.
en 2004 Tempted Pamela Britton 9780446506328 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."
en Abraham man
Further reading
en 1890 John Stephen Farmer Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A to Byz 10 Abraham cove. The term is now obsolete, though Scott used it as late as 1824, and from the Quarterly Review (1813), IX., p. 167, it seems to have then been in pretty general use. The modern prototype is called a tramp or