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shammy

shammy noun: chamois leather.

Noun (1)

shammy (countable and uncountable, plural shammies)

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

Verb

shammy (third-person singular simple present shammies, present participle shammying, simple past and past participle shammied)

  1. (transitive) To clean with a chamois leather cloth.

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

Forms of shammy

Noun
pluralshammies
Verb
third-person singular presentshammies
present participleshammying
past participleshammied
pastshammied

Origin of shammy

From chamois with an initial sh to represent the sound /ʃ/ in English.

Questions about shammy

What does shammy mean?
Shammy means chamois leather.
What part of speech is shammy?
Shammy can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of shammy?
The plural of shammy is shammies.

Words near shammy in the dictionary

  1. shammocked
  2. shammocking
  3. shammocks
  4. shammos
  5. shammosim
  6. shammy
  7. shammying
  8. Shamo
  9. shamois
  10. shamoji
  11. shamone

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