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chammy

/ˈʃæmi/

chammy is the alternative form of shammy.

Meaning of shammy

Noun (1)

shammy (countable and uncountable, plural shammies)

  1. Chamois leather.
  2. A cloth made of this leather.

Noun (2)

shammy (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Champagne.
    • Two smart-looking damsels have risked their lives on the top, and are sipping a glass of 'shammy' to keep up their spirits.1892, Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, page 53

See all 4 meanings of shammy

Forms of chammy

Noun
pluralchammies
Verb
third-person singular presentchammies
present participlechammying
past participlechammied
pastchammied

Words that rhyme with chammy

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Questions about chammy

What is chammy the alternative form of?
Chammy is the alternative form of shammy.
How do you pronounce chammy?
Chammy is pronounced /ˈʃæmi/.

Words near chammy in the dictionary

  1. chammas
  2. chammed
  3. chammied
  4. chammies
  5. chamming
  6. chammy
  7. chammying
  8. Chamness
  9. Chamney
  10. chamo
  11. chamoe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chammy (page history and authors); shammy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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