shammy
Americannoun
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shammies
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of shammy
C18: variant, influenced by the pronunciation, of chamois
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“I always bring, and will certainly have my shammy, “Sammy” with me.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2016
“Only if you wear a shammy around your hairline. Did you wear a shammy?”
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
The skin of the chamois is very soft; made into leather it was the original shammy, which is now made, however, from the skins of many other animals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
There were advertisements in 1740 of "mourning shoes," "fine silk shoes," "flowered russet shoes," "white callimanco shoes," "black shammy shoes," "girls' flowered russet shoes," "shoes of black velvet, white damask, red morocco, and red everlasting."
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle
The article known, in commerce, as chamois, or shammy, leather, is also called wash-leather.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Catharine Esther Beecher
At Stakna Monastery, perched on its floodplain outcrop, a portly monk shows us around dusky shrines, shammies tied to his feet to polish the parquetry as he shuffles along.
From Washington Post
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