c.1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, sceneiii]:
c.1608–1610, Samuel Rid, Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell:
He maunds Abram, he begs as a madde man.
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) naked.
She's all Abram
派生語
(naked):Abram cove(“poor or naked man”)
語源 2
From 古期英語Eadburh's (a woman's name) hām.
固有名詞
Abram (countable and uncountable, pluralAbrams)
A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom(OS grid ref SD6001).
A habitational surname from Old English.
派生語
Abramsky
Abramson
参照
↑ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abram”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
↑ John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890), “Abram”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present.[…], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons][…], →OCLC, page 10.