sham : Idioms & Phrases

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Pillow sham

  • noun bed linen consisting of a decorative cover for a pillow
WordNet
  • an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when not in use.
  • a covering to be laid on a pillow.
Webster 1913

tarabulus ash-sham

  • noun a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea
    Trablous; Tripoli; Tarabulus.
WordNet

To sham Abraham

  • to feign sickness.
Webster 1913

To sham Abram ∨ Abraham

  • to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.
Webster 1913