English

Noun

abraham grains

1. (archaic, thieves' cant) A publican who brews his own beer.

Related terms

• brewpub

References

• Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 1, page 7
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 10