Hamm

[ hahm ]

/ hɑm /

noun

a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in W Germany.

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Examples from the Web for hamm

And I looked over and Peter Gallagher [who is 15 years older than Hamm] was sitting there.
Jon Hamm’s Movie Star Pitch (He’s Not Really Like Don Draper)|Andrew Romano|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To help unravel the secrets of "Time Zones," The Daily Beast caught up with Hamm earlier this week in Los Angeles.
Jon Hamm on the Final Season of ‘Mad Men’ and the Advice He Got From Bryan Cranston and Tina Fey|Andrew Romano|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Which makes it all the weirder that Hamm has appeared in exactly one blockbuster to date.
Why Can’t I Be a Movie Star, B*tch? Aaron Paul Tries in 'Need for Speed'|Andrew Romano|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“[He's] a very fashion-forward kind of guy,” Hamm told the AP.
The Kardashians Launch a Tanning Line; PPR Changes Its Name|The Fashion Beast Team|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST

In the music video, Hamm plays a traveling photographer who makes friends with a tiny blue Yeti.
Jon Hamm’s 8 Wildest Cameos: Aimee Mann, ‘SNL’ & More (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|September 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It developed this forenoon that he had succeeded in extorting from Miss Hamm a promise to permit him to call this evening.
Fibble, D. D.|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
To-night, sitting here, the picture of Miss Hamm upon horseback persists in the retina of my brain as a far from unseemly vision.
Fibble, D. D.|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
"Pray proceed," I said, smiling gently in Miss Hamm's direction.
Fibble, D. D.|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
During the ceremonial I had abundant opportunity to observe this Miss Hamm with a polite but searching scrutiny.
Fibble, D. D.|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
I wonder what the nature of Miss Hamm's engagement for the current evening may be?
Fibble, D. D.|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for hamm

Hamm

/ (German ham) /

noun

an industrial city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: a Hanse town from 1417; severely damaged in World War II. Pop: 184 961 (2003 est)

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