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yam yam

Today it means: A person who speaks the Black Country dialect. Full definition →

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yam yam · noun¹

From the local use of "yow am" (or "yow'm") instead of "you are".

yam yam · noun²

Unknown. Perhaps from yam or yum yum.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.