Abe
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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ABE interviews are police recorded video interviews with a complainant.
From BBC
“Nobody reads them anymore, not since that abolitionist Abe Lincoln lost the Senate contest.”
From Literature
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Not only did I have a new dress and a thrilling new story—I had the good company of Jemma’s letters, the Mississippian and State Gazette, and “Honest Abe” Lincoln to see me home.
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Now that “Honest Abe” Lincoln had won the presidency, the South was in a dither.
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“That’s Honest Abe we’re protecting over there, isn’t it? Our own Honest Abe.”
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