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TAMMY
tam, tam-o'-shanter, tammy
(noun) a woolen cap of Scottish origin
tammy
(noun) plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Tammy
A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
Etymology 1
Noun
tammy (countable and uncountable, plural tammies)
A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
Etymology 2
Noun
tammy (plural tammies)
(now rare) Alternative form of tamis (“culinary strainer”)
Verb
tammy (third-person singular simple present tammies, present participle tammying, simple past and past participle tammied)
(cooking, transitive) To strain through a tammy.
Etymology 3
Noun
tammy (plural tammies)
A tam o’shanter hat.
Source: Wiktionary
Tam"my, n.; pl. Tammies (.
1. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
2. A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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