hamfatter

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hamfatter

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US, a. 1880. Possibly from a minstrel show song called The Ham-Fat Man (1863).

noun hamfatters

US, dated, slang A low-grade actor; a ham.
Similar: ham, hambone, hamfat, overactor, tear-cat

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@misc{hamfatter_2026,
  title = {hamfatter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hamfatter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}