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  • adjective Pertaining to Abe Lincoln, as Lincoln Logs.

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  • See rod and chained_bear's Songboys list.

    February 10, 2008

  • My favorite use of this word as a byword – for "great statesman" – is the title of Richard Reeves' 1975 biography of Gerald Ford, A Ford, Not a Lincoln.

    August 30, 2008