Usually means: Smoked or cured pork joint.
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  2. ham hock: Wiktionary
  3. ham hock: Dictionary.com
  4. Ham hock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. ham hock: Rhymezone
  6. ham hock: FreeDictionary.org
  7. ham hock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. ham hock: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Ham Hock: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ham hock)

▸ noun:  The cut of meat at the joint between the leg and foot of a hog.

Similar:
hamhock, hock, ham shank, forehock, gambrel, huckle bone, hog's leg, hogjaw, Hough, hoggan, more...

Opposite:
front shank, foreleg, pork knuckle

Types:
smoked, cured, fresh, dried, more...

Adjectives:
beef, horseflesh, mutton, dog, meated, liver, shank, jemmy, well-done, beefy, meat and potatoes

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Similar:
hamhock, hock, ham shank, forehock, gambrel, huckle bone, hog's leg, hogjaw, Hough, hoggan, more...

Opposite:
front shank, foreleg, pork knuckle

Types:
smoked, cured, fresh, dried, more...

Adjectives:
beef, horseflesh, mutton, dog, meated, liver, shank, jemmy, well-done, beefy, meat and potatoes



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