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hamfat

/ˈhamfat/

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From ham + fat.

noun hamfats

US, obsolete, offensive, slang A black person.
US, obsolete 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.
US, slang A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter.

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@misc{hamfat_2026,
  title = {hamfat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hamfat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}