Meaning of hamfat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A black person.
   US, obsolete, offensive, slang
2. Something average; a mediocre thing or person, especially a jazz musician.
   US, obsolete
3. A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter.
   US, slang

Examples

“Around the poolroom I defended the guys I felt were my real brothers, the colored musicians who made music that sent me, not a lot of beat-up old hamfats who sang and played a commercial excuse for the real thing.”

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