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Abram coves

Abram coves is the plural of Abram cove.

Meaning of Abram cove

Noun

Abram cove (plural Abram coves)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man.
    • "Curse him, Squire," croaked Chinnery, "don't suffer such an Abram cove to play the counterfeit crank. If he were to refuse to booze it at the George in White Friars, the Bear and Harrow in Chancery Lane, the Setting Dog and Partridge in Jackanapes Alley, or any of the loyal houses in London, they...1827, Horace Smith, Reuben Apsley, page 121
    Synonyms:
    Abraham man

Questions about Abram coves

What is Abram coves the plural of?
Abram coves is the plural of Abram cove.

Words near Abram coves in the dictionary

  1. abraided
  2. abraiding
  3. abraids
  4. abram
  5. Abram cove
  6. Abram coves
  7. Abram man
  8. Abram men
  9. Abram-cove
  10. Abram-coves
  11. Abram-man

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