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English
Noun
Abraham's willing (plural Abraham's willings)
- (archaic, Cockney rhyming slang) A shilling.
References
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “Abraham's willing”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 9.
- John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “Abraham's willing”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume I, Thomas Poulter and Sons] , →OCLC, page 10.
- Jonathon Green (2024) “abraham’s willing n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang