hames
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
hames
Etymology 2[edit]
Uncertain.[1] Possibly from the hame(s) (harness elements) put on a horse, which are difficult to put on right.[2]
Noun[edit]
hames (plural hames)
- (Ireland, colloquial) A mess.
- You've made a right hames of it, you eejit!
References[edit]
- ^ “hames”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ Terence Patrick Dolan, A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English (2006), page 119, "hames"
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
hames
Saisiyat[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaməC (compare Amis lamit).
Noun[edit]
hames
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