Meaning of sham Abraham | Babel Free

Definitions

To pretend sickness or insanity.

UK, idiomatic, obsolete

Examples

“The boatswain found me, as he said, an obstinate fellow: he swore that I understood my business perfectly well, but that I shammed Abraham merely to be idle.”

“Matthew, sceptic and scoffer, had already failed to subscribe a prompt belief in that pain about the heart: he had muttered some words, amongst which the phrase "shamming Abraham" had been very distinctly audible; […]”

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