hames
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
hames
Etymology 2Edit
Uncertain.[1] Possibly from the hame(s) (harness elements) put on a horse, which are difficult to put on right.[2]
NounEdit
hames (plural hames)
- (Ireland, colloquial) A mess.
- You've made a right hames of it, you eejit!
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “hames”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ Terence Patrick Dolan, A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English (2006), page 119, "hames"
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hames