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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

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

From The Imaginary Marriage by Henry St. John Cooper

There were advertisements in 1740 of "mourning shoes," "fine silk shoes," "flowered russet shoes," "white callimanco shoes," "black shammy shoes," "girls' flowered russet shoes," "shoes of black velvet, white damask, red morocco, and red everlasting."

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle

The day after to-morrow we go in cavalcade with the Duchess of Richmond to her audience; I have got my cravat and shammy shoes.

From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole

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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