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  • noun Plural form of shammy.

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Examples

  • Recent "comeback attempts" by Cruise and Spears -- two publicity super shammies -- and Michael Jackson's recently announced "curtain call" concerts in London are separated from Estefan story by a miles-wide crevasse of entitlement.

    Jason Notte: Britney, Tom, Michael Jackson and the Case Against Second Acts for Famous People 2009

  • Maybe I am subconsiously thinking of Philosophy, and somehow shammies have something to do with Why We Are All Here, and so that just means I'm smarter than all of you.

    withkerth Diary Entry withkerth 2004

  • I woke up this morning thinking about Shammies, and how I used to dread every other Tuesday in Grade 5 because it was MY SHAMMY DAY, and I had to go beat the chalk board shammies against the side of the school, and the sweet smell that came out of them was disgusting.

    withkerth Diary Entry withkerth 2004

  • So Mercedes stands on the school porch, beating shammies against the stone steps, unable to shake an uneasy feeling, even though she knows that any girl would be perfectly safe with Cornelius “Father Pie” Murphy.

    Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

  • Mercedes watches till Frances is out of sight, then she takes a deep breath, collects her brushes and shammies and returns to class, hoping for the best.

    Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

  • So Mercedes stands on the school porch, beating shammies against the stone steps, unable to shake an uneasy feeling, even though she knows that any girl would be perfectly safe with Cornelius “Father Pie” Murphy.

    Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

  • Mercedes watches till Frances is out of sight, then she takes a deep breath, collects her brushes and shammies and returns to class, hoping for the best.

    Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

  • They rubbed it with pink feather dusters, buffed it with white shammies and coated it with polymer sealant.

    SI.com 2011

  • I dont know what these people keep talking about I bought sham wow and it SUCKS it just pushed the liquid around and did NOT absorb it at all, its a piece of crap use real car shammies, paper towels, sponges, or regular dishrags and you'd get way better results.

    unknown title 2009

  • I dont know what these people keep talking about I bought sham wow and it SUCKS it just pushed the liquid around and did NOT absorb it at all, its a piece of crap use real car shammies, paper towels, sponges, or regular dishrags and you'd get way better results.

    unknown title 2009

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