Abraham sham

English

Alternative forms

Abram sham

Etymology

From Abraham man (“a beggar who pretends to be ill”) + sham (“trickery, hoaxing”)

Noun

Abraham sham (plural Abraham shams)

(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) Feigned sickness or distress.

Related terms

sham Abraham, sham Abram, do Abram

References

Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 1, page 10

Anagrams

sham Abraham

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