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shammy

[sham-ee] / ˈʃæm i /


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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

Have you ever seen a piece of shammy leather?

From Big People and Little People of Other Lands by Edward R. (Edward Richard) Shaw

He had shammy leather gloves on, and was in Hickman's cab.

From The Imaginary Marriage by Henry St. John Cooper

The article known in commerce as chamois or shammy leather is also called wash-leather.

From American Woman's Home by Catharine Esther Beecher

At Stakna Monastery, perched on its floodplain outcrop, a portly monk shows us around dusky shrines, shammies tied to his feet to polish the parquetry as he shuffles along.

From Washington Post




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