Abraham's willing

English

Noun

Abraham's willing (plural Abraham's willings)

(archaic, Cockney rhyming slang) A shilling.

References

Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “Abraham's willing”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 9.
Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 1, page 10
Jonathon Green (2023), “abraham’s willing n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang

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