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noun

Ham n. Home. (North of Eng.)

Ham n.

(Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking. "A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams."

Ham n.

A person who performs in a showy or exaggerated style; used especially of actors. Also used attributively, as, a ham actor.

The licensed operator of an amateur radio station.

verb

Ham v. i. (Theater) To act with exaggerated voice and gestures; to overact.

ham it up to act in a showy fashion or to act so as to attract attention; to ham. (Colloq.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ham" Quotes from Famous Books

... manners and the appetite of his guest. Telling Rousseau that he was sure he was a good, honest fellow, and no spy, he disappeared through a trap-door, and presently came back with good wheaten bread, a little dark with bran, a ham, and a bottle of wine. An omelet was soon sizzling in the dish. When the time came for Rousseau to pay and depart, the peasant's fears returned. He refused money, he was evidently distressed. Rousseau made out that the bread and the wine were hidden ...

— The Eve of the French Revolution • Edward J. Lowell

... actually a minister here to-night bare-headed. And how many of us are going to wash our hands before supper or bensh afterwards, I should like to know. Why, it's as much as can be expected if the food's kosher, and there's no ham sandwiches on the dishes. Lord! how my old dad, God rest his soul, would have been horrified by such a party ...

— Children of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill

... was not at all disturbed, for he began eating again with apparent relish. Indeed, I was soon furnished with another of these unconscious protectors. This one came from the opposite direction to a point where I had hung a splendid ham of venison. He cared to go no further, but seated himself at once on a convenient branch ...

— Indian Boyhood • [AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman

... which in later years rendered Frederick Wackerbath Bradshaw so conspicuous a figure in connection with the now celebrated affair of the European, African, and Asiatic Pork Pie and Ham Sandwich Supply Company frauds, were sufficiently in evidence during his school career to make his masters prophesy gloomily concerning his future. The boy was in every detail the father of the man. There was the same genial unscrupulousness, ...

— Tales of St. Austin's • P. G. Wodehouse

... can't kick if it comes back a ham sandwich," says she. "Besides, the lots stand in your name now. They were a mile out of town when I bought 'em; but Brother Phil says the city's bulged that way since. They've got the boom, you know. That's ...

— Shorty McCabe on the Job • Sewell Ford

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