Read full poem →Bedchamber; son-in-law to Mr. Ashburn-
ham that betrayed the old King, and was
turned out of the House for taking Bribes,
Dictionary Entry
The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
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Origin
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Common Phrases
. hamsandwich hamradio hamsandwiches hamham westham smoked
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Poetry examples for “ham”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →For all the world as if I saw the ghost
Of old Ham Amory, the murdered host,
With his dead eyes turned on me all aglaze.
Read full poem →And I am under great obligations to Col. F. M. Kimball of
Topeka, Kan., Dr. John R. Ham of Dover, N. H., Flora Wheat-
ley Foss of Hardwick, Vt., and Col. Ainsworth of the Pension
Read full poem →And dim and decorous mirth,
With ham and sherry, they'll meet to bury
The lordliest lass of earth.
Read full poem →We lifted a sugared ham and a pineapple from the grownups’ icebox
And rented an old green boat. I rowed. You read
Read full poem →Sweeney shifts from ham to ham
Stirring the water in his bath.
Read full poem →THE DARKLING THRUSH 399
THE COMET AT YALBURY OR YELL’HAM 402
MAD JUDY 403
Read full poem →There’s a ghost at Yell’ham Bottom chiding loud at the fall of the
night,