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CHAMMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
Synonyms:
chammy; chammy leather; chamois; chamois leather; shammy; shammy leather
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chammy" 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 "chammy"):
wash leather (piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing)