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• tammy
  tammy

  noun

  a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
• Tammy
  Tammy

  noun

  a female given name.

tammy

¹ American  

[tam-ee] / ˈtæm i /

Or tammie

noun

1. a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.

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tammy ² American  

[tam-ee] / ˈtæm i /

noun

• tammies
  plural

1. tamis.

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Tammy ³ American  

[tam-ee] / ˈtæm i /

noun

1. a female given name.

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tammy ¹ British  

/ ˈtæmɪ /

noun

1. Also called: tammy cloth, tamis. (esp formerly) a rough-textured woollen cloth used for straining sauces, soups, etc

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verb

1. (tr) (esp formerly) to strain (sauce, soup, etc) through a tammy

tammy ² British  

/ ˈtæmɪ /

noun

1. a glazed woollen or mixed fabric, used for linings, undergarments, etc

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tammy ³ British  

/ ˈtæmɪ /

noun

1. another word for tam-o'-shanter

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tammies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of tammy

1630–40; perhaps back formation from obsolete French tamise kind of glossy cloth (taken as plural)

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Example Sentences

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tammy Tammy tammies

A gidget is very much like a tammy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mode.—Boil the rice in the stock, and rub half of it through a tammy; put the stock in the stewpan, add all the rice, and simmer gently for 5 minutes.

From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

Strain through a very fine hair sieve, or tammy, and it will be fit for use.

From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

When well soaked, rub all through a tammy.

From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

Let it just boil up, and then strain it through a tammy; season with the above ingredients, and serve very hot.

From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

Bakker died last week; Tammy Faye in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Tammy Faye, who divorced him in 1992, was never charged.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Bakker is survived by his wife and two children, Tammy Sue and Jamie, known as Jay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Bakker and his then-wife Tammy Faye founded a Christian television programme called The PTL Club in 1974, which at its peak attracted 13 million viewers per day.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Or we pass around our routing sheet and study the day’s owners’ “Hot Buttons,” as sketched in by Tammy.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

We are not told the prices of tammies or durants, romals or molletons, cades or shalloons, but we are always carefully informed that they may be had at the lowest prices.

From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Sir J. M. (James MacPherson) Le Moine

“Oh, do you?” said the vicar, wondering whether there was any connection between temse and tammies or tammy cloth.

From The Parson O' Dumford by George Manville Fenn

Hunting, hunting, high and low, Where do the caps and "tammies" go?

From A Jolly Jingle-Book by Laura Chandler

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