Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Used in the same sense as be. Also spelled
abee .
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- proper noun A
diminutive of the malegiven name Abraham . - noun slang, US A five-dollar bill.
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Examples
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The sixteenth president abhorred the name Abe and would never let it be used in reference to him, let alone would he sign an important document with the nickname.
THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP JEFFERY DEAVER 2003
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Abe is rolling as his party slowly dismantles itself and continues to be an opposition party.
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I think Abe is intending to frame whatever $10 he gets from JB.
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Abe is already on both the penny and the 5-dollar bill.
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I imagine that Abe is still spinning in his grave.
Think Progress » Mississippi Gov. Barbour Thinks Slavery Omission ‘Doesn’t Matter For Diddly’ 2010
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The scene when the princess has to choose between saving the world from her brother, or her romance with Abe, is indeed tragic.
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Now that the bar has been raised, there's one way for Obama to prove that Abe is really one of his heroes: show the tattoo!
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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Abe is one of those characters that I loved immediately on the first Hellboy movie, for sure, I did love him and he represented a couple of things that I've always felt weak in, like his intellect, but what I understood … It was fun to play an intelligent character and my oldest brother Bob is a college professor.
Interview: Hellboy II's Creature Mastermind - Doug Jones! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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I called Abe at work and told him we should get out of town for a few nights.
The Gin Closet Leslie Jamison 2010
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You want to talk about folks on the right all sycophantically babbling like their in Abe Lincoln's blab-school ...
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