10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAMFATTER»
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hamfatter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hamfatter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Relaunching. Ra. HAMFATTER: BEST. IN. SHOW. Nas Keeps No. 1 Pace; Hold
Steady's 'Late' Surge Over ... viewers saw Cambridge, England- based
alternative rock band Hamfatter's live performance and bold business plan ignite
a bidding ...
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Informal English: Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi ...
Fire escape, a revivalist; a preacher. [Weseen] Fire insurance agent, a preacher.
New England. [Hanford] hamfatter A recent name in some quarters of New York
for a second-rate dude or masher. [Farmer] Dude hamfatter, sarcastic allusion to
...
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The A to Z of American Theater: Modernism
208 Q HAM (OR HAMMING IT OR HAMFATTER) GENE O'NEILL'S Beyond the
Horizon (1920) and Zona Gale's Miss Lulu Bett (1920). She also appeared as
Ase in a 1923 production of HENRIK IBSEN'S Peer Gym and in RACHEL ...
James Fisher, Felicia Hardison Londré, 2009
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The Successful American
I decided that if Nancy Hamfatter was suffering that much for me to exchange
Christmas presents with her I ought to try to accommodate her in "my poor, weak
way," as they say at prayer-meeting. I laid out to cover as much territory as
possible ...
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The language of American popular entertainment: a glossary ...
The most sensible origin is that the word is short for hamfatter,* the emollient or
lard derived from pork and ham used by old-time actors and minstrel men to
remove their makeup. It was common before the advent of cold cream and later,
when ...
“I thought it came from hamfatter.” “Well, you thought wrong; it came from all those
posturing declaimers playing the prince of Denmark from Shakespeare's time to
the present. So, there. Now, can we go home to bed? This hammy is bushed ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
From this hamfatter came to mean "an inexpert and flamboyant actor," and was in
the late 1800s shortened to ham. The idiom here was first recorded in 1933. hand
0 In addition to the idioms beginning with HAND, also see AT FIRST HAND; ...
And tothink of a hamfatter likeMcCallum, who's come back from Buffalo ona brake
beam so often that he always sleeps with one arm crooked around the bedpost,
havin' the nerve to call himself a school of dramatic art! Course, I didn't think ...
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The Standard Dictionary of English Slang
Hamfatter — A pork-packer ; pig-merchant. «flEf. Hammer, To hammer— (1) To
hit; punish. tr; 13- (2) To reduce prices. J^ffl. (3) To declare one a defaulter. 5a Jgt
% ffi ; -S! -g- ^ SU ^. (4) To decry ; depreciate. Sf^ ; iS ft. Under the hammer : at ...
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The American Language:
... snapforsnapshot, diff fordifference, ham for hamfatter, popfor populist,spec for
speculation,typo for typographer,secesh for secession and prelim for
preliminary12. Ad for advertisement is struggling hard for recognition; some of its
compounds ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAMFATTER»
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hamfatter is used in the context of the following news items.
Talk New York: The Seven Twenty's James Burling on playing in the …
Supporting Mark Ellis, one of Hamfatter [of Dragon's Den fame] at The Portland Arms. That was our most recent show and there was a massive ... «Cambridge News, Apr 15»
Uluvv giving local musicians a chance to turn YouTube views into cash
Artists who have already signed up include Mark Ellis, formerly of Hamfatter, a band who achieved notoriety after a successful bid for funding ... «Cambridge News, Feb 15»
What the hell am I doing here? Thom Yorke on Dragons' Den - The …
Have you heard Hamfatter? Nigel: No. Duncan: Wha are ... I love McAlmont and Butler! They remind me of Hamfatter. Do you know Hamfatter? «Drowned In Sound, Sep 14»
“He's a Ham,” Explained
Ham, in this case, is short for hamfatter, which means a low-grade actor or performer. And that comes from an unfortunately racist 19th century ... «Yahoo News, Apr 14»
Beat goes on as Cambridge businesses set to make a big noise in …
... Mark Owen, Danni Minogue, Dane Bowers, Hamfatter and many more passing through their doors.They have written and produced in every ... «Cambridge News, Feb 14»
Hamfatter star Mark Ellis performs Molly's song at Royal Albert Hall
A song inspired by a teenager who is battling leukaemia has been performed at the Royal Albert Hall to raise further funds for a cancer charity. «Ely News, Dec 13»
I Love My Country is a shapeless shambles - and now I've decided …
This could be his greatest coup since Hamfatter, the rock band he helped to achieve world wide obscurity. In other news... flat-voiced colour ... «Mirror.co.uk, Aug 13»
Te team behind this once fizzing programme is replacing creative …
The sob story plague has hit Dragons' Den and it's about as welcome as a Hamfatter CD in your Christmas stocking. Sunday's opener warmed ... «Mirror.co.uk, Aug 13»
Comedy and music at A Little Bit of Variety show at Ely Maltings
Also featuring in the show will be up and coming Cambridge based percussive guitarist Will Robert, and the former member of Hamfatter, Mark ... «Ely Standard, Jul 13»
Duncan Bannatyne-backed boyband Reconnected set for Top 40 hit …
Peter Jones invested £75,000 in indie group Hamfatter, who promptly disappeared from the public eye. Reconnect sold out two shows at ... «Gigwise, Mar 13»
