smaller than a village - larger than a wide spot in the road, a hamlet usually has considerably less than 200 people and is usually tied to agriculture (although many housing subdivisions could loosely be described as hamlets, especially when incorpirated and containing a minimal number of people).
A hamlet can either be dispersed (particularly in the USA), or clustered (see urban).
It is often located at the crossing of two minor thouroughfares (at a crossroads). Most intentional communities, if not a village and and not tied into the fabric of a larger entity, could be described as hamlets.
A hamlet can either be dispersed (particularly in the USA), or clustered (see urban).
It is often located at the crossing of two minor thouroughfares (at a crossroads). Most intentional communities, if not a village and and not tied into the fabric of a larger entity, could be described as hamlets.
The documentary film "Rabbit Hash - Center of the Universe" was about an old and remote river hamlet which contains a small art colony on the western end of the Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati Ohio metropolitan area (near another hamlet called Big Bone) that elected a dog for mayor, not once, but twice! The First dog was named Goofy.
Eucla is a hamlet of around 50 people that serves as a regional centre for the Nullarbor Plain of Australia.
Eucla is a hamlet of around 50 people that serves as a regional centre for the Nullarbor Plain of Australia.
by Miskatonic Jack 2 December 10, 2006
1) verb. To deliberate incessantly about a course of action that will lead to the same conclusion in any case.
2) verb. To be or not to be.
3) noun. A small cottage.
2) verb. To be or not to be.
3) noun. A small cottage.
1) Dude! stop hamleting. Whether you ask her out or not she's not gonna sleep with you.
2) S**t. He just pulled a hamlet.
3) I want to live in that hamlet
2) S**t. He just pulled a hamlet.
3) I want to live in that hamlet
by phlat.boy January 13, 2009
A small unit of ham, usually a leg, made from genetically altered dwarf pigs, the legs of which are about the same size as that of a chicken's. Eaten in Shakespearean times from suckling pigs, currently a booming market overseas, especially in China.
by Cloudwacher22 November 6, 2007
by alan Michale August 9, 2005
Jon gave me a present! I got a hamlet and he's very sweet. He needs lots of care though, as he is only little x
by Pro ass January 26, 2007
1. Shakespeare's famous play. Later dumbed down to Disney's The Lion King.
2. Main character in Shakespeare's famous (infamous?) play by the same name. Total whiny, self-centered jerk. Seriously. I'm not kidding. See also emo and whiny crybaby.
2. Main character in Shakespeare's famous (infamous?) play by the same name. Total whiny, self-centered jerk. Seriously. I'm not kidding. See also emo and whiny crybaby.
1. CAUTION! SPOILERS AHEAD!
"We saw the high school's production of Hamlet this weekend."
"I've heard of that. What's it about?"
"It's about a prince named Hamlet who returns to his kingdom to find that his father, the king, was murdered by his evil uncle. The uncle then married Hamlet's mother to inherit the throne. In the end, Hamlet and the uncle battle to the death---"
"Hey, I've seen that! Were they all lions?"
"...."
SPOILERS END HERE
2. "My name is Hamlet and my life sucks. Maybe I should kill myself. But then again, maybe not. I dunno. Should I? Should I not? Eeny meeny miney mo...."
"We saw the high school's production of Hamlet this weekend."
"I've heard of that. What's it about?"
"It's about a prince named Hamlet who returns to his kingdom to find that his father, the king, was murdered by his evil uncle. The uncle then married Hamlet's mother to inherit the throne. In the end, Hamlet and the uncle battle to the death---"
"Hey, I've seen that! Were they all lions?"
"...."
SPOILERS END HERE
2. "My name is Hamlet and my life sucks. Maybe I should kill myself. But then again, maybe not. I dunno. Should I? Should I not? Eeny meeny miney mo...."
by SpecialKRJ March 22, 2007