Hambone (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. Theater.
    • (especially in minstrel shows and vaudeville) a performer made up in blackface and using a stereotyped Black dialect.
    • an unskilled, overeager, or artless actor, or any performer who overacts.
  2. juba.
  3. four consecutive strikes.
  4. a bone in a hog's ham: We always use the leftover ham bone to make pea soup.
Hambone (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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