Maryland end

Gammerstang commented on the word Maryland end

(noun) - A curious name given to the hock end of a ham, the thick end being called the Virginia end. These colloquialisms are current in both the states concerned, and are thought by some to allude to a supposed rough resemblance between the contour line of these states and a ham. Ordinary people, however, will scarcely be able thus to impose upon their imagination.

--John Farmer's Americanisms Old and New, 188

January 14, 2018