Topic: FOOD
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| Origin: | Old English hamm |
| Date: | 1900-2000 |
| Origin: | Perhaps from amateur |
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | ham-fatter 'bad actor' (19-20 centuries), from the song 'The Ham-fat Man'. |
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1 [uncountable and countable]DF the upper part of a pig's leg, or the meat from this that has been preserved with salt or smoke [↪ gammon]: a ham sandwich a seven-pound ham
a ham sandwicha seven-pound ham2 [countable]TCB someone who receives and sends radio messages for fun rather than as their job
3 [countable] informalAP an actor who performs with too much false emotion
