1835 G. Kent Modern Flash Dict. 3: Abram Cove, a naked or poor man. [...] Abram men, fellows dressing themselves in various rags, old ribbons, fox tails, begging in the streets, pretending to be mad.at abram-man, n.
1835 G. Kent Modern Flash Dict. 3: Abram Cove, a naked or poor man, a sturdy beggar in rags.at abram-man, n.
1835 G. Kent Modern Flash Dict. 3: All set – desperate fellows, ready for any kind of mischief.at all set, adj.
1835 G. Kent Modern Flash Dict. 3: All out, the reckoning drank out, ‘How stands the account ’twixt me and vengeance’.at all out, adj.
1835 G. Kent Modern Flash Dict. 32: String, to – to impose on a person’s belief by some joke or lie.at string (along), v.
1835 G. Kent Modern Flash Dict. 3: Ark ruffians – rogues who in conjunction with watermen sometimes rob and murder on the water. Ack pirates – fresh water theives [sic] who steal on navigable rivers.at ark-ruff, n.