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shams Abraham

shams Abraham is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sham Abraham.

Meaning of sham Abraham

Verb

sham Abraham (third-person singular simple present shams Abraham, present participle shamming Abraham, simple past and past participle shammed Abraham)

  1. (UK, idiomatic, obsolete, thieves' cant) To pretend sickness or insanity.
    • The boatswain found me, as he said, an obstinate fellow: he swore that I understood my business perfectly well, but that I shammed Abraham merely to be idle.1759, Oliver Goldsmith, The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, volume 3, published 1835, The Citizen of the World, Letter CXIX, page 331

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What is shams Abraham the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shams Abraham is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sham Abraham.

Words near shams Abraham in the dictionary

  1. shamrockery
  2. shamrocklike
  3. shamrocks
  4. shamrocky
  5. shams
  6. shams Abraham
  7. shams Abram
  8. Shamses
  9. shamsheer
  10. shamsheers
  11. Shamsher Jang

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