Meaning

3 senses

  1. (US, slang)A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter.

  2. (US, obsolete, offensive, slang)A black person.

  3. (US, obsolete)Something average; a mediocre thing or person, especially a jazz musician.

Origin

From ham + fat.

From ham + fat.

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Forms

plural: hamfats
Singularhamfat
Pluralhamfats

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hamA2hamburgerA1hamlethammerB1hammock

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