"ham-and-egger" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-ham-and-egger.ogg [Australia] Forms: ham-and-eggers [plural]
Etymology: From boxing, where a poor boxer would only win enough money to pay for meals; ham and egg + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ham and egg|er<id:relational>}} ham and egg + -er Head templates: {{en-noun|head=ham-and-egger}} ham-and-egger (plural ham-and-eggers)
  1. (derogatory) A worthless or undesirable person. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-ham-and-egger-en-noun-IKqgRvK~
  2. (wrestling slang) A preliminary wrestler; a jobber. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Wrestling
    Sense id: en-ham-and-egger-en-noun-5iegFTUj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (relational) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 57 5 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (relational): 5 65 4 26 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling
  3. An ordinary person; a simpleton.
    Sense id: en-ham-and-egger-en-noun-H94ePneZ
  4. (boxing) A failed boxer; a tomato can. Categories (topical): Boxing
    Sense id: en-ham-and-egger-en-noun-w8HOFTx9 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tea and toaster

Inflected forms

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