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US, a. 1880. Possibly from a minstrel show song called The Ham-Fat Man (1863).
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Today it means: A low-grade actor; a ham. Full definition →
US, a. 1880. Possibly from a minstrel show song called The Ham-Fat Man (1863).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.