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Tammies

Tammy \Tam"my\, n.; pl. Tammies.

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

  2. A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.

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tammies

n. (tammy English)

Usage examples of "tammies".

In they streamed, carrying their tammies - tammies that had been fed and cosseted before their entry.

Kids with tammies will grow up into caring adults - and have fun meanwhile.

Eventually, tammies had to be banned from such occasions, although this meant that children excluded themselves, lest their charges perished .

You have seen and heard the kids with their tammies - a nuisance to us maybe, but seemingly necessary to them.