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hames

British

/ heɪmz /

noun

informal to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude

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Etymology

Origin of hames

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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Sometimes, mounted on the sawhorse in the harness-room, with collars and hames and tugs hung all about him, Jody rode out beyond the room.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

James McNiece turned from the examination of a cart as he spoke and gave his attention to the hames.

From Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 by Birmingham, George A.

O, brave are the haughs o’ Baile-liosan, And brave are the halds o’ green Magh-luan; But braver the hames o’ Newtownbreda, Twined about wi’ the pinks o’ June.

From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh

I asked, as I saw collar and hames and the rest of the heavy harness adjusted.

From Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden by Fenn, George Manville

Ahead the many silvery bells, hung on steel bows over the hames of each of Jo's white beauties, jingled merrily as the wagon rolled on into the illimitable desert.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston

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