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
Tammy
A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
tammy (countable and uncountable, plural tammies)
A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
tammy (plural tammies)
(now rare) Alternative form of tamis (“culinary strainer”)
tammy (third-person singular simple present tammies, present participle tammying, simple past and past participle tammied)
(cooking, transitive) To strain through a tammy.
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
22 May 2025
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.