"Abraham suit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Abraham suits [plural]
Etymology: From Abraham man. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Abraham suit (plural Abraham suits)
  1. (archaic, thieves' cant) A scam designed to evoke sympathy in order to acquire money. Tags: archaic Hypernyms: confidence trick Related terms: sham Abraham, Abraham sham, Abraham work
    Sense id: en-Abraham_suit-en-noun-h~juTIdD Categories (other): English Thieves' Cant, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Abraham man.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Abraham suits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Abraham suit (plural Abraham suits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English Thieves' Cant",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A scam designed to evoke sympathy in order to acquire money."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "confidence trick"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Abraham_suit-en-noun-h~juTIdD",
      "links": [
        [
          "scam",
          "scam"
        ],
        [
          "evoke",
          "evoke"
        ],
        [
          "sympathy",
          "sympathy"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "thieves' cant",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, thieves' cant) A scam designed to evoke sympathy in order to acquire money."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "sham Abraham"
        },
        {
          "word": "Abraham sham"
        },
        {
          "word": "Abraham work"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Abraham suit"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From Abraham man.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Abraham suits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Abraham suit (plural Abraham suits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "confidence trick"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sham Abraham"
    },
    {
      "word": "Abraham sham"
    },
    {
      "word": "Abraham work"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English Thieves' Cant",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A scam designed to evoke sympathy in order to acquire money."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scam",
          "scam"
        ],
        [
          "evoke",
          "evoke"
        ],
        [
          "sympathy",
          "sympathy"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "thieves' cant",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, thieves' cant) A scam designed to evoke sympathy in order to acquire money."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Abraham suit"
}

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