tam

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Hi! Jeremie, you may sweat an' swear Your tam is arrive at las Dere 's no use pullin' out all your hair Or drinkin' de w'isky glass Spit on your han' or hitch de pants You 'll never have anyt'ing lak a chance Hooraw!

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  1. noun A tam-o'-shanter.

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  • Ce tot atita tam-tam cu melodia asta a lui Brenciu "Simbata, luni"? —  Latest posts @WeBlog.ro
  • COSSIMBAZAR Come fleetly, come fleetly, my hookabadar, For the sound of the tam-tam is heard from afar. —  The Book of Humorous Verse
  • When Blue Bonnet appeared in the snowiest of white sweaters and tam-o'-shanter, as jaunty and blooming as if she were out for an afternoon walk, they immediately protested For ever more, why didn't you wear your old clothes, Blue Bonnet?" —  Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
  • Sometimes when the shrieks grew loudest she came to the shop door and looked with her pale grey eyes at the ridiculous mob of lasses in tam-o-shanters and youths half buried in caps. —  The Lost Girl
  • Well, Esther, what is it Her mackintosh has gone, father, and her red tam-o'-shanter, and her snow-shoes. —  About Peggy Saville
 

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