Abraham Lincolns

Noun

Abraham Lincoln (plural Abraham Lincolns)

1. An emancipator or analogous reformer.
   • (Table of contents, pg. viii) The Abraham Lincoln of Mexico
     (pg. 124-5) He has been called the Washington or the Lincoln of Mexico ; To him Mexico owes the Laws of the Reform and the concessions that have brought railways into the country and opened it up to commercial relations with the rest of...1890, Thomas Wallace Knox, The Boy Travellers in Mexico: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to ..., Harper & brothers
2. (US, rare, slang) A United States five-dollar bill.
   • Say—I got the telephone bill this morning. Fifty-two clams for long distance. I’m just an extra, James, not a star. I can’t afford fifty-two Abraham Lincolns for the phone.1989, John Mitchum, quoting George Fargo, “Standing on the Vietnam Front Line”, in Them Ornery Mitchum Boys (The Adventures of Robert and John Mitchum), Pacifica, Calif.: Creatures at Large Press...

   Synonyms:

   Abe, Abe Lincoln, Lincoln

3. (US, rare, slang) A penny (United States coin).
   • It was the same expression Grampa had worn the first time they played this game, right before he declared himself the winner. / He waffled over his options a few seconds longer, then tossed the required coins in the middle of the table and added two more. “I lift your Abraham Lincolns with an...1995 September, Jan Zimlich, Not Quite Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Love Spell, Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 179

   Synonyms:

   Abe Lincoln