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    SHAMMY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskinplay

    Synonyms:

    chammy; chammy leather; chamois; chamois leather; shammy; shammy leather

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("shammy" is a kind of...):

    leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shammy"):

    wash leather (piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing)

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