Abra·ham-man
| \ ˈābrəˌhamˌman, -haa(ə)mˌmaa(ə)n; ˈābrəmˌ-, ˈābrəhəmˌ- \
variants:
or less commonly Abram-man \
ˈābrəmˌ-
\
plural Abraham-men also Abram-men
Definition of Abraham-man
: one of a class of beggars who roamed through England especially in the 16th and 17th centuries usually feigning lunacy to obtain alms
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The first known use of Abraham-man was in 1567
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