"ham and egger" -- horse lingo

[Sam Clements]

A quick search of Newspaperarchive can take the term back to 1909, a few
years before HDAS, and it still referred to a mediocre boxer.  Nothing
connected to miners.

Sam Clements


----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey Nunberg" <nunberg at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 4:27 PM
Subject: "ham and egger" -- horse lingo


> I had this message from Al Lubrano of the Philadelphia Inquirer -- he
> wanted to know about "ham and egger," which was used as a
> self-description by Pat Champman, the owner of Kentucky Derby winner
> Smarty Jones, as well as whether there was any list of racing-related
> slang. > Geoff Nunberg