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hamfat

/ˈhamfat/

hamfat noun: a black person.

Noun

hamfat (plural hamfats)

  1. (US, obsolete, offensive, slang) A black person.
  2. (US, obsolete, black slang) Something average; a mediocre thing or person, especially a jazz musician.
    • Around the poolroom I defended the guys I felt were my real brothers, the colored musicians who made music that sent me, not a lot of beat-up old hamfats who sang and played a commercial excuse for the real thing.1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Quit Foolin’ with That Comb”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 49
  3. (US, slang) A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter.

Forms of hamfat

pluralhamfats

Origin of hamfat

From ham + fat.

Questions about hamfat

What does hamfat mean?
Hamfat means a black person.
What part of speech is hamfat?
Hamfat is a noun.
How do you pronounce hamfat?
Hamfat is pronounced /ˈhamfat/.
What is the plural of hamfat?
The plural of hamfat is hamfats.

Words near hamfat in the dictionary

  1. hamesuckens
  2. Hamet
  3. hamets
  4. hametz
  5. hamfare
  6. hamfat
  7. hamfats
  8. hamfatter
  9. hamfatters
  10. hamfest
  11. hamfests

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