Ram-jam

ram-jam English Noun en dated nonce word A person of vaguely Middle Eastern ethnicity. en 1863 The Eagle: A Magazine - Volumes 3-4 280 It is not a conclusive proof of our being enlightened Christians, that we sneer and misinterpret bygone creeds, as though in the old Greek and Roman poetry were shewn nothing worthier than Fetish idols, rotten mummies, Australasian Ram-Jams and Ethiopian Mumbo-Jumbos. en 1876 Punch - Volumes 69-73 276 Rupees," I answered, before an admiring crowd of Ram-jams, Rajahs, and such like. “ en 1906 The Angel of Pain - Volume 0 Edward Frederic Benson 16 He lives in the New Forest, Lady Ellington, and if when you are passing you hear the puffs of a loud steam-engine somewhere near Brockenhurst you will know it is Tom doing deep breathing. He expects in time to become a Ram-jam or something, by breathing himself into Raj-pan-puta. en 1985 The Spectator - Volume 254 15 No problem, I was still 'black and beautiful', and they were something else, Indian or Pakistani; 'Ram-jams' was what we called them or 'those at the corner house'. en rhyming phrases