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shammy

Noun

sham=my

WORDNET DICTIONARY

shammy(n = noun.substance) chammy, chammy leather, chamois, chamois leather, shammy leather - a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin; Array

is a kind of leather

has particulars: wash leather

shammy, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See Chamois.].

The chamois. [1913 Webster]
A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying. [1913 Webster]

shammy, n. (pl. -ies) (in full shammy leather) colloq. = CHAMOIS 2.

Etymology

repr. corrupted pronunc.

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