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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
