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Definition: TO SHAM ABRAM |
TO SHAM ABRAM1. To feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham. |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | TO SHAM ABRAM. To pretend sickness. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-h-m-m-o-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: mahatmas, mastabah, tamaraos. | |
-4 letters: abators, abomasa, brahmas, mahatma, marmots, mastaba, rabatos, sambhar, tamarao, tamasha, taramas. | |
-5 letters: abator, abhors, abmhos, abohms, abomas, aborts, aortas, arhats, aromas, ashram, asrama, asthma, bathos, boarts, borsht, brahma, broths, mambas, mambos, marmot, matsah, rabato, rabats, rhombs, samara, sambar, satara, somata, stroma, tabors, tarama, tharms, throbs, torahs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 53 48 41 4D 41 42 52 41 4D |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01001000 01000001 01001101 00100000 01000001 01000010 01010010 01000001 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   S H A M   A B R A M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0053 0048 0041 004D 0041 0042 0052 0041 004D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)544925342354723536523547 |
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