shammy

Example Sentences

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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

The skin of the chamois is very soft; made into leather it was the original shammy, which is now made, however, from the skins of many other animals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

Then he tried to channel his thoughts from hate filled digressions to how in the vicissitudes of life among so many shammy faced people a face like his maintained a fairly stable look.

From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)

Before "grounding," the taste of the ordinary customer, who likes a pretty white "shammy," is consulted by bleaching most of the skins with sulphur.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward