noun
- Plural of hamfatter; actors or performers, especially those who are mediocre or overact.
Usage: informal; dated; theater slang
Examples
- The local theater was full of hamfatters who couldn't deliver a single line convincingly.
- Critics dismissed the cast as a bunch of hamfatters overacting every scene.
- Even the hamfatters in the touring production managed to draw a crowd.
- The director complained that his actors were nothing but hamfatters lacking real talent.