butter-ham
English
/bʊtəɹam/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A slice of buttered bread.
- (archaic) One of two strips of trim on either side of a cloak.
- (North) a person who is overly ostentatious in their dress or actions.
Etymology
Compound from English butter + English ham (actor of low grade, region back of the knee joint, overacting inferior performer, incompetent pugilist).
Origin
English
ham
Gloss
actor of low grade, region back of the knee joint, overacting inferior performer, incompetent pugilist
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bull butter English
- butter English
- butterable English
- butterball English
- butterbird English
- butterbur English
- butterburger English
- butterbutt English
- buttercream English
- buttercross English
- buttercrunch English
- buttercup English
- butterdock English
- butterer English
- butterfat English
- butterfingered English
- butterfingers English
- butterfish English
- butterfly English
- butterhead English
- butterhorn English
- butterish English
- butterleaf English
- butterless English
- butterlike English
- butterman English
- buttermilk English
- buttermint English
- butternut English
- butteroil English
- butterweed English
- butterwoman English
- butterwort English
- buttery English
- clarified butter English
- cookie butter English
- ham English
- ham-fisted English
- hambeast English
- hambone English
- hamese English
- hamfat English
- hamfest English
- hamlike English
- hammy English
- hamshackle English
- hamstring English
- nonbutter English
- Butter German
- boter Dutch, Flemish
- ハム Japanese
- バター Japanese
- buter Middle English
- hamme Middle English
- butero Esperanto
- แฮม Thai
- ham Cebuano
- botter Afrikaans
- 白脫 Chinese
- 버터 Korean
- 햄 Korean
- ibhotela Zulu
- bōta Marshallese
- bata Tok Pisin
- bata prut Tok Pisin
- waiūpaka Hawaiian
- ham
- hammy
- butter
- hamfat
- hamese
- buttery
- hamlike
- hambone
- hamfest
- butterer
- hambeast
- buttercup
- butterfat
- butterish
- butternut
- butteroil
- butterbur
- butterman
- nonbutter
- hamstring
- butterfly
- butterbird
- butterlike
- butterfish
- buttermilk
- butterleaf
- butterdock
- butterball
- butterless
- hamshackle
- butterable
- butterwort
- ham-fisted
- butterhead
- butterhorn
- butterbutt
- butterweed
- buttermint
- buttercream
- bull butter
- buttercross
- butterwoman
- buttercrunch
- butterburger
- cookie butter
- butterfingers
- butterfingered
- clarified butter