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ham
noun- an amateur shortwave radio operator and enthusiast US, 1919
- A civilian Navy employee working on Siapan yesterday was expressing gratitude for two radio hams who put him in indirect contact with members of his family in Richmond. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 27, 27 March 1947
- Heathrow air traffic controllers are searching for a radio ham in the Windsor area who could unwittingly be triggering the crash warning system on planes approaching the airport. — The Guardian, 27 March 2003
- theatrical antics US, 1930
- The afternoon will be pure ham. — Oscar Zeta Acosta, The Revolt of the Cockroach People, p. 95, 1973
- in circus and carnival usage, food or a meal US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 123, 1981
- any type of alcoholic drink US
- — Vann Wesson, Generation X Field Guide and Lexicon, p. 86, 1997
- a member of the armed forces in complete dress uniform US
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 101, 1991
- overtime UK
- — Frank McKenna, A Glossary of Railwaymen’s Talk, 1970
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