Abraham Grains

English

Noun

Abraham Grains

  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A publican who brews his own beer.

References
  • Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “Abraham Grains”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 7.
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 1, page 10
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