hambone

Example Sentences

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That's me in the photograph in the foreground, sitting on a chair doing hambone with Ed in the background singing lead.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2020

Hopkins, a bit of a historic hambone himself, cedes all the big gestures to Pryce and stealthily does some of his craftiest acting in years.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2019

For Norvell, it is also important to recognize that African-Americans in the northeast forged traditions of their own, though not as well known as Southern traditions such as banjo playing and juba, a dance style also called hambone.

From Reuters • May 29, 2015

And that they’re willing to put up with our hambone antics as we try to fill them in.

From Slate • May 29, 2014

“You hambone, this ain’t war, this is water guns.”

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli