hamfat — ozdic

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1

A black person.

2

Something average; a mediocre thing or person, especially a jazz musician.

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.

3

A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter.

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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 th

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