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hamfat

noun
/ˈhamfat/

Etymology

From ham + fat.

  1. inherited from *faitą✻
  2. inherited from *fait✻
  3. inherited from fǣt — “fat”
  4. inherited from fat
  5. compounded as hamfat — “ham + fat”

Definitions

  1. A black person.

  2. Something average

    Something average; a mediocre thing or person, especially a jazz musician.

    • Around the poolroom I defended the guys I felt were my real brothers, the colored musicians who made music that sent me, not a lot of beat-up old hamfats who sang and played a commercial excuse for the real thing.

  3. A low-grade actor

    A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA