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

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 Earle, Alice Morse

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

From The Imaginary Marriage by Cooper, Henry St. John