hamfat

noun

1. (US, obsolete, offensive, slang)A black person.
2. (US, obsolete)Something average; a mediocre thing or person, especially a jazz musician.

   “Around the poolroom I defended the guys I felt were my real brothers, the colored musicians who made music that sent me, not a lot of beat-up old hamfats who sang and played a commercial excuse for the real thing.”

3. (US, slang)A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter.