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From boxing, where a poor boxer would only win enough money to pay for meals; ham and egg + -er.
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Today it means: A worthless or undesirable person. Full definition →
From boxing, where a poor boxer would only win enough money to pay for meals; ham and egg + -er.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.