shammy
Americannoun
plural
shammies, shammied, shammyingnoun
Etymology
Origin of shammy
C18: variant, influenced by the pronunciation, of chamois
Example Sentences
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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
He had shammy leather gloves on, and was in Hickman's cab.
From The Imaginary Marriage by Cooper, Henry St. John
He scrubbed his lips with one end of the napkin and called across to Ruth, who shrank behind her mother: ``Vell, Miss Dene, you have today a shammy seen, not?''
From In the Quarter by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Then he tried to channel his thoughts from hate filled digressions to how in the vicissitudes of life among so many shammy faced people a face like his maintained a fairly stable look.
From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
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