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ham-and-eggers

ham-and-eggers is the plural of ham-and-egger.

Meaning of ham-and-egger

Noun

ham-and-egger (plural ham-and-eggers)

  1. (derogatory) A worthless or undesirable person.
  2. (slang) A preliminary wrestler; a jobber.
  3. An ordinary person; a simpleton.
  4. A failed boxer; a tomato can.
    • Well, it's just that, you see, uh, I fight in clubs, you know, and uh, I'm really a ham-and-egger. This guy, he's the best, and uh, it wouldn't be such a good fight.1976 November 21, Rocky, spoken by Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone)

Questions about ham-and-eggers

What is ham-and-eggers the plural of?
Ham-and-eggers is the plural of ham-and-egger.

Words near ham-and-eggers in the dictionary

  1. ham steaks
  2. Ham Street
  3. ham up
  4. ham wild
  5. ham-and-egger
  6. ham-and-eggers
  7. ham-and-eggs daisy
  8. ham-fisted
  9. ham-fistedly
  10. ham-handed
  11. ham-handedly

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