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hambone

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[ham-bohn] / ˈhæmˌboʊn /

noun

  1. Theater.

    1. (especially in minstrel shows and vaudeville) a performer made up in blackface and using a stereotyped Black dialect.

    2. an unskilled, overeager, or artless actor, or any performer who overacts.

  2. juba.

  3. Bowling Slang. four consecutive strikes.

  4. Usually ham bone a bone in a hog's ham.

    We always use the leftover ham bone to make pea soup.

Etymology

Origin of hambone

First recorded in 1850–55; ham 1 + bone; ham 2

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