ham elmas

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Turkish - English
rough diamond
Alternative form of diamond in the rough
clean and pure diamond, precious stone in good condition, diamond before it has been smoothed
someone who seems rude, rough, or unfriendly, but is actually nice and generous American Equivalent: diamond in the rough
ham elmas

    Hyphenation

    ham el·mas

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    Etymology

    [ 'ham ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm; akin to Old High German hamma ham, Greek knEmE shinbone, Old Irish cnáim bone.
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