shammy

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When my car was done and Pedro was drying it off with an el-shammy, I notice two tires where flat.

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  1. noun Variant of chamois.

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  • (Rupicapra rupicapra) of mountainous regions from southern Europe to the Caucasus; also chammy or shammy: a soft pliant leather prepared from the skin of the chamois or from sheepskin; a cotton fabric made in imitation of chamois leather —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • As Seen On TV Lab Test ok, I see these shamwow things all over the place and they always compare them to paper-towels. isn't it a synthetic shammy like you get in the automotive car cleaning section for 5 bucks. how does it compare to them? is it overpriced for what it is, does?
  • I don't think the towels feel "rubbery" or anything like a shammy.
  • Shamwow is a bood aborber, but it sucks as a shammy - it pushes the water around and doesn't leave the surface dry enough to wax!
  • Nine-year-old Colin Fackler would have rather been outside enjoying Saturday's spring-like weather instead of toting two rolls of super shammy cloths for his grandmother at the Delaware Home Show.
 

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  1. Also shamoy; formerly shamois, shamoys, chamois, from French chamois: see chamois.
 

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/ˈʃæmi/
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