1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v. Hamlet, a High-Constable.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Hamlet, a high constable (cant).
1791. Bampfylde-Moore Carew. Hamlet, a high-constable.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v. Hamlet. A captain of police.
Ham-match, subs. (common).—A stand-up luncheon.
1890. Daily Telegraph, 4 Feb. At one o’clock they relieve their exhausted frames by taking perpendicular refreshment—vulgarly termed a ham match—at some City luncheon bar.
Hammer, subs. (pugilistic).—1. A hard-hitter: especially with the right hand, like the illustrious Hammer Lane. Also Hammerer and Hammer-man.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib, p. 33. A letter written on the occasion by Henry Harmer, the hammerer.
1823. Bee, Dict. of the Turf, 93. When a man hits very hard, chiefly with a favorite hand, his blows are said to fall like those of a sledge-hammer. Such boxers are hammering fighters, that do not defend their own vitals, cannot make sure of a blow, and are termed hammerers and hammermen.
2. (common).—An unblushing lie. For synonyms, see Whopper.