shammy

== English == === Etymology 1 === From chamois with an initial sh to represent the sound /ʃ/ in English. ==== Noun ==== shammy (countable and uncountable, plural shammies) Chamois leather. A cloth made of this leather. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== shammy (third-person singular simple present shammies, present participle shammying, simple past and past participle shammied) (transitive) To clean with a chamois leather cloth. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== shammy (uncountable) (slang) Champagne. === See also === shimmy-shammy (etymologically unrelated)