shammy-leather

  • 11shammy — sham·my || ʃæmɪ‚leðə(r) n. chamois (Zoology); leather prepared from the skin of the chamois …

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  • 12shammy — noun (C) a piece of soft leather used for cleaning and polishing glass or metal; chamois 2 …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13shammy — /ˈʃæmi/ (say shamee) noun (plural shammies) 1. → chamois (defs 2 and 3). 2. Obsolete a gold miner s chamois leather bag used to hold gold. {respelling of chamois to indicate pronunciation} …

  • 14wash leather — noun piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing • Hypernyms: ↑chamois, ↑chamois leather, ↑chammy, ↑chammy leather, ↑shammy, ↑shammy leather * * * wash leather noun 1. Split sheepskin prepared with oi …

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  • 15chammy leather — noun a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin • Syn: ↑chamois, ↑chamois leather, ↑chammy, ↑shammy, ↑shammy leather • Hypernyms: ↑leather • Hypony …

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  • 16chamois leather — noun a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin • Syn: ↑chamois, ↑chammy, ↑chammy leather, ↑shammy, ↑shammy leather • Hypernyms: ↑leather • Hyponyms …

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  • 17chamois leather — Chamois Cham ois (sh[a^]m m[y^] or sh[.a]*moi ; 277), n. [F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A small species of antelope ({Rupicapra tragus}), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It… …

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  • 18Chamois leather — Shamy redirects here. For the pair of characters from The Big Bang Theory, see List of The Big Bang Theory characters. A Chamois leather cloth Chamois leather (   …

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  • 19Wash leather — Wash Wash, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and… …

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  • 20chamois — Shammy Sham my, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See {Chamois}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The chamois. [1913 Webster] 2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat,… …

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