ham-and-egger
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ham-and-egger
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From boxing, where a poor boxer would only win enough money to pay for meals; ham and egg + -er.
noun ham-and-eggers
- A worthless or undesirable person.
- A preliminary wrestler; a jobber.
- An ordinary person; a simpleton.
- A failed boxer; a tomato can. Well, it's just that, you see, uh, I fight in clubs, you know, and uh, I'm really a ham-and-egger. This guy, he's the best, and uh, it wouldn't be such a good fight.
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@misc{ham_and_egger_2026,
title = {ham-and-egger},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ham-and-egger},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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