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Chammy

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Noun

1. chammy, chammy leather, chamois, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather

a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin

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Chammy

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noun plural -mies
informal
a piece of chamois leather used for polishing

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Chammy

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n. pl. cham·ois (shăm, shăm, shămēz)
1. Either of two species of agile goat antelopes (Rupicapra rupicapra or R. pyrenaica) of mountainous regions of Europe and western Asia, having upright horns with backward-hooked tips.
2. (shămē) also cham·my or sham·my pl. cham·mies
a. A soft leather made from the hide of these antelopes or of other animals such as deer or sheep.
b. A piece of such leather or of a fabric or material made to resemble it, used as a polishing or drying cloth or in shirts.
3. (shăm, shăm, shămē) A moderate to grayish yellow.

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