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plural hambones
The bone at the center of a ham quotations examples
Perhaps I was afraid of being laughed at if the mysterious item turned out to be a hambone, a distinct possibility.
2009 February 22, J. David Goodman, “The Night of the Foot”, in New York Times
(US slang, acting) A ham; an eager or inferior performer quotations
HAMBONE — An unconvincing blackface dialectician.
1946, Radio Alphabet: A Glossary of Radio Terms, Hastings House, page 38
Ferrell is the ubiquitous hambone, an affably oblivious man-child prone to shirtless prancing onscreen.
2009 February 15, Rob Salem, “When comedy geniuses unite”, in Toronto Star
(music, dance) A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands examples
(bowling, informal) Four consecutive strikes. examples
third-person singular simple present hambones, present participle hamboning, simple past and past participle hamboned
(intransitive) To dance the hambone. examples