shammy

[ sham-ee ]
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noun, verb,plural sham·mies,sham·mied, sham·my·ing.

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How to use shammy in a sentence

  • Old Russell with a smeared shammy rag burnished again his gem, turned it and held it at the point of his Moses' beard.

    Ulysses | James Joyce
  • I'd lead him around among the neighbors and hire him out for fifty cents a day for general shammy-skin house-work.

    Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad | John Kendrick Bangs
  • Here was the "shammy," and if he would excuse her, she would make up her rolls.

    Pippin; A Wandering Flame | Laura E. Richards
  • That's what I have decided to call my shammy when I get him because he will wiggle.

    Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad | John Kendrick Bangs
  • "I do-see-how-yood-make-that-shammy-useful," said Whistlebinkie.

    Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad | John Kendrick Bangs

British Dictionary definitions for shammy

shammy

/ (ˈʃæmɪ) /


nounplural -mies
  1. informal another word for chamois (def. 3) Also called: shammy leather

Origin of shammy

1
C18: variant, influenced by the pronunciation, of chamois

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