Abraham Grains
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (obsolete, thieves' cant) A publican who brews his own beer.
References[edit]
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “Abraham Grains”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 7.
- John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “Abraham Grains”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 10.