Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A thick quilted frock or short jumper made of flannel or blanket-cloth, worn by sailors as an outside garment in cold weather.

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Examples

  • Entry tags: appearances, lammy awards, women of the bite, writing news

    ceciliatan: More award news? Yes. ceciliatan 2010

  • That's going to be a hard case to sell without the support of the Michigan Democratic Party (which voted unanimously for Sen. Levin's compromise). lammy pa

    Full Michigan delegation with half-vote to be seated by Dems 2008

  • Lambert also made some lammy claims saying the provocative parts of his sex-laden performance were impromptu and gave no apology for his bombastic behavior.

    CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2009 2009

  • And, if you even needed to be told, that message is “Oompapa oompapa oompapi oompapi ooh papi ooh papi ooh lammy ooh lappy ooh papi uh ow.”

    Britney Spears Being Sectioned 2008

  • The country that has already seen Britney Spears tearfully picking through the remains of her broken life, or the country that has already got full access to the sound of Britney Spears going “Oompapa oompapa oompapi oompapi ooh papi ooh papi ooh lammy ooh lappy ooh papi uh ow” during a song where she appears to be begging her own father for sexual intercourse?

    Britney Spears Being Sectioned 2008

  • LH: Your work, like the work of Rachel Zolf, Margaret Christakos, and others--Dennis Lee for example--privileges sound over meaning. i love the word "flogger" and "lammy" and of course their sound suggests meaning to me, but what do you say to readers who are looking for more representative imagery, more meaning?

    Natalie Walschots, Thumbscrews Lemon Hound 2007

  • LH: Your work, like the work of Rachel Zolf, Margaret Christakos, and others--Dennis Lee for example--privileges sound over meaning. i love the word "flogger" and "lammy" and of course their sound suggests meaning to me, but what do you say to readers who are looking for more representative imagery, more meaning?

    Archive 2007-08-01 Lemon Hound 2007

  • The piece you brought up, "flogger: lammy," can certainly be read for sound alone, but it can also be read as a descriptive ode to a lambskin flogger, a description of the character and sensation of a specific implement -- and, by extension, the how it feels to both wield that implement and how it feels when inflicted on the body.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Lemon Hound 2007

  • The piece you brought up, "flogger: lammy," can certainly be read for sound alone, but it can also be read as a descriptive ode to a lambskin flogger, a description of the character and sensation of a specific implement -- and, by extension, the how it feels to both wield that implement and how it feels when inflicted on the body.

    Natalie Walschots, Thumbscrews Lemon Hound 2007

  • Not unlike Walschots, but without the flogger lammy.

    Natalie Simpson, accrete or crumble Lemon Hound 2007

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  • lammy – a blanket. Allusion to lamb and wool.

    July 31, 2009