Abram-man

Abram-man (plural Abram-men)

1. Alternative form of Abraham man
   • c. 1620, Beggars' Bush, act 2, scene 1:

     Come, princes of the ragged regiment; / You 'o the blood, Prig, my most Upright-lord, / and these, what name or title e'er they bear, / Jarkman, or Patrico, Crank, or Clapper-dudgeon, / Frater, or Abram-man; I speak to all.

   • 1823, Walter Scott, Saint Ronan's Well:

     There is a trick for you to find out an Abram-man, and save sixpence when he begs of you as a disbanded seaman.