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hambone

[ham-bohn] / ˈhæmˌboʊn /




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If you plunk the hambone into a pot of water with a halved onion and boil it for a couple of hours, you’ll be rewarded with a deep, sultry broth.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021

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

This is an immense improvement, to my taste, over Affleck’s hambone stud muffin turn in “The Town,” which curdled an otherwise capable crime-romance.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2012

I figured that was the last time I’d ever see that hambone.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli




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