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hames
/ ɪ /
noun
informalto spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude
Word History and Origins
Origin of hames1
Example Sentences
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.
But beyond these official channels, what’s social media’s potential impact on the hames?
A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; Ð called in the United States a checkrein.
The borough has foundries and machine shops of considerable importance, and manufactures silk, overalls, beer and hames.
The reins were done up on each horse’s hames, allowing them to spread apart with ease, a check-rein from the bit over the hames to keep them where they belonged.
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