go on the Abraham suit

English

Verb

go on the Abraham suit (third-person singular simple present goes on the Abraham suit, present participle going on the Abraham suit, simple past went on the Abraham suit, past participle gone on the Abraham suit)

  1. (archaic, thieves' cant) To deceive someone into handing over money or valuables by evoking sympathy.

References
  • “go on the Abraham suit” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, page 8.
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 1, page 10
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