| 单词 | ham-and-egger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasham-and-egger ham-and-egger n. U.S. slang (freq. depreciative) a person or thing regarded as average, mediocre, or (occasionally) stupid or inferior; spec. (esp. in early use) an average or incompetent boxer (cf. sense A. 5). ΚΠ 1911 Chicago Tribune 27 Apr. 21/2 [Jack] Johnson started home on the Overland, but was switched at Omaha to a train he designated as a ‘ham and egger’. 1930 Amer. Mercury Jan. 104/2 G'wan beat it before I get up an' knock you two ham-an'-eggers down the stairs! 1968 Films in Rev. Dec. 647/2 The then heavyweight champion plays around in a staged ‘fight’ with a ham-n-egger from New Jersey. 1999 J. Grisham Testament 324 Because they were big-firm lawyers they quite naturally looked down upon the type of unethical behavior being..condoned by Grits and Bright and the other ham-and-eggers. < as lemmas |
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