butter-ham
/bʊtəɹam/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.94 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
a person who is overly ostentatious in their dress or actions.
Example Sentences
- "Faith, I was within ams-ace of being found out ; for one night at a mum-house, where I was eating a butter-ham and pickled herrings, with some of the states, and where I was giving my self airs of greatness and interest in my country, swearing I myself would take care that my country, and three counties round about me, should choose none but hearty Whigs."
- "Give me a butterham, with flesh, and a half-bottle wine."
- "A cloak, half a yard shorter than the Breeches, not through lin'd, but fac'd as far as 'twas turned back, with a pair of frugal butter-hams."