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An abigail is a lady's-maid.
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Abigail Adams (born Abigail Smith) was the wife of John Adams, the second president of the USA. She was born in 1744 and died in 1818. She strongly influenced her husband during his political career, proposing to her husband that the government guarantee women's rights. Letters written by Abigail Adams to her husband were published in 1848 and provide an important insight into America of that time.
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Operation Abigail was a British RAF attack on the town of Mannheim on the 16/ 17th of December 1940 during the Second World War, in retaliation for the German raids on Coventry and Southampton.
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Signs is a Sci-Fi fantasy starring Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Cherry Jones, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin and Patricia Kalember in a story about a man living on an isolated farm in the USA who discovers a large crop circle and increasingly suspects an alien invasion. Signs was directed by M Night Shyamalan in 2002.
Abigail was 18th and 19th century slang for a lady's maid.
Abigail is slang for an ageing, conservative male homosexual.
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