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hambone

[ham-bohn] / ˈhæmˌboʊn /




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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

Besides what actor worth his hambone wouldn’t want to have a chance to become a comic-book Hitler?

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2018

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

In the dance pavilion at West Port Jensen the night lanterns were kindled; tourists from Seattle poured forth from the excursion steamers to perform the Svenska polka, the Rhinelander, the schottische, and the hambone.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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