hamfat
noun/ˈhamfat/
Etymology From ham + fat.
- Around the poolroom I defended the guys I felt were my real brothers, the colored musicians who made music that sent me, not a lot of beat-up old hamfats who sang and played a commercial excuse for the real thing.1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Quit Foolin’ with That Comb”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 49:
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Acting, Broadcasting, Entertainment, Film, Lifestyle, Media, Television, Theater US, Slang A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter.