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diff --git a/lisp/abbrev.el b/lisp/abbrev.el
index 25bfcf70585..8e6b3ae69d8 100644
--- a/lisp/abbrev.el
+++ b/lisp/abbrev.el
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ buffer."
       (clear-abbrev-table (symbol-value (car tables)))
       (setq tables (cdr tables)))))
 
+(defun copy-abbrev-table (table)
+  "Make a new abbrev-table with the same abbrevs as TABLE."
+  (let ((new-table (make-abbrev-table)))
+    (mapatoms
+     (lambda (symbol)
+       (define-abbrev new-table
+         (symbol-name symbol)
+         (symbol-value symbol)
+         (symbol-function symbol)))
+     table)
+    new-table))
+
 (defun insert-abbrevs ()
   "Insert after point a description of all defined abbrevs.
 Mark is set after the inserted text."