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Definition of Tammy

1. Noun. Plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains.

Definition of Tammy

1. n. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

Definition of Tammy

1. Proper noun. A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s. ¹

2. Noun. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc. ¹

3. Noun. (rare) A sieve, or strainer; a tamis. ¹

4. Noun. A tam o’shanter hat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tammy

1. a fabric of mixed fibers [n -MIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tammy

Literary usage of Tammy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"I wish I kenned my Maggie's mind, If she's for me or Tammy; To me she is but passing kind, She's caulder still to Tammy. And yet she lo'es me no that ill, ..."

2. Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne: With a Memoir and Poems of Caroline by Carolina Oliphant Nairne Nairne, Caroline Oliphant, Charles Rogers (1869)
"I WISH I ken'd my Maggie's mind, If she's for me or Tammy; To me she is but passing kind, She's caulder still to Tammy. And yet she lo'es me no that ill, ..."

3. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"I WISH I kenned my Maggie's mind, If she's for me or Tammy; To me she is but passing kind, She's caulder still to Tammy. And yet she lo'es me no that ill, ..."

4. Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers by Diane Depanfilis (1992)
"Case #2: Now, consider the case of Tammy, who is 17 and on her own with a ... Tammy became pregnant when she was 16, and her life became miserable. ..."

5. The Edinburgh Literary Journal, Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1829)
"It's a gude thing," said Tammy, " that the wives and weans are keepit out ... cried Tammy, u I canna even sing a psalm, far less a sang ; but if ye like, ..."

6. The Edinburgh Literary Journal; Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1829)
"It's a gude thing," said Tammy, " that the wives and weans are keepit out the ... cried Tammy, " I canna even singa psalm, far less a sang ; but if ye like, ..."

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