tammy
A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains,…A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
» Lacking proper lighting, Tammy's room was depressingly dingy.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains
A tam o’shanter hat.
Examples
2 sentencesLacking proper lighting, Tammy's room was depressingly dingy.
In Tammy's mind, every party was a den of iniquity.
Origin
Uncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in whUncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in which direction).
Ellipsis of tammy shanter.
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Forms
plural: tammiesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a woolen cap of Scottish origin:tamtam-o'-shanter
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable