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hamfatter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ham-fat-ter
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A low-grade actor; a ham.

American usage; Slang

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

hamfatters (plural)

Derived Forms

ham

Phrases

ham it up ham radio

Synonyms

ham hambone hamfat overactor tear-cat

Questions

What does hamfatter mean?
A low-grade actor; a ham.
Where does hamfatter come from?
US, a. 1880. Possibly from a minstrel show song called The Ham-Fat Man (1863).

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