ABRAM-MAN

Definition: ABRAM-MAN

1. One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.

Specialty Definitions: ABRAM-MAN

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Abram-Man or Abraham Cove. A Tom o' Bedlam; a naked vagabond; a begging impostor. The Abraham Ward, in Bedlam, had for its inmates begging lunatics, who used to array themselves "with party-coloured ribbons, tape in their hats, a fox-tail hanging down, a long stick with streamers," and beg alms; but "for all their seeming madness, they had wit enough to steal as they went along." - Canting Academy. See King Lear, ii. 3. In Beaumont and Fletcher we have several synonyms: - "And these, what name or title e'er they bear, Jackman or Patrico, Cranke or Clapper-dudgeon, Fraier or Abram-man, I speak to all." Beggar's Bush, ii. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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English words defined with "ABRAM-MAN": Abraham-man. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ABRAM-MAN": Jarkman. (references)

Modern Translations: ABRAM-MAN

Language		Translations for "abram-man"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		abram-manay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: ABRAM-MAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-m-m-n-r"
	-2 letters: amarna, barman.
	-3 letters: mamba.
	-4 letters: barm, barn, bran, maar, mama, mana.
	-5 letters: aba, ama, ana, arb, arm, baa, bam, ban, bar, bra, man, mar, nab, nam, ram, ran.
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