Then again this is Mayfair. A big, rustling bowl of deep-fried squid with a salty chilli kick cost £7.50; a generous pile of jamon croquetas, the shells giving way to something creamy and intensely hammy within, was 50p less.
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Hammy
Synonyms for "hammy" (49 found)
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Translations
6 translations across 4 languages.
Czech
1 entries- šunkový adj (resembling ham)
French
1 entries- cabotin adj (amateurish; characterized by overacting)
German
2 entries- überdreht adj (amateurish; characterized by overacting)
- übertrieben adj (amateurish; characterized by overacting)
Polish
2 entries- przesadny adj (amateurish; characterized by overacting)
- szynkowy adj (resembling ham)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Jack Crawford: I’m Special Agent Jack Crawford. I lead the Behavioral Science Unit. Will Graham: We’ve met. Jack Crawford: Yes, we had a disagreement about the museum when we opened it. Will Graham: I disagreed with what you named it. Jack Crawford: The Evil Minds Research Museum? Will Graham: It’s a little hammy, Jack.
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McDonald & Dodds is back, with episode one so deliberately hammy and meta that, technically, it should have been a complete horlicks. In one scene, when they were all hanging on to the balloon ropes, Mr Bean-like, to stop Jason Watkins flying away, it sort of was.
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He put his palms flat on the ground, then grabbed the back of his knees, stretching his hammies for the millionth time that morning.
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