Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tam-o'shanter.

Examples

  • During the summer we faded a green tam-o'shanter so that it would not look too new.

    Working With the Working Woman Cornelia Stratton Parker

  • But after a moment, at a recollection of sky-blue eyes underneath a sky-blue tam-o'shanter, he chuckled softly.

    Red-Robin Jane Abbott

  • He glanced sidewise and suspiciously at her but all he saw was a cherub face framed in a tilted sky-blue tam-o'shanter and straggling ends of flaming red hair.

    Red-Robin Jane Abbott

  • Margaret came blithely along, her tam-o'shanter being a little late in seasonable style, but so becoming that the detail was forgotten in the entire effect.

    The Girl Scout Pioneers or Winning the First B. C. Lilian Garis 1913

  • Desire in a motor coat and a dark-blue velvet hat rather like an artist's tam-o'shanter.

    The Thing from the Lake 1903

  • Their two figures attracted some attention in the crowded street, for Hilary-tall and slight, with his thin, bearded face and soft felt hat -- was what is known as "a distinguished-looking man"; and the little model, though not "distinguished-looking" in her old brown skirt and tam-o'shanter cap, had the sort of face which made men and even women turn to look at her.

    Fraternity John Galsworthy 1900

  • Hilary-tall and slight, with his thin, bearded face and soft felt hat -- was what is known as "a distinguished-looking man"; and the little model, though not "distinguished-looking" in her old brown skirt and tam-o'shanter cap, had the sort of face which made men and even women turn to look at her.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • For an hour or more the lama's tam-o'shanter showed like a moon through the haze; and, from all he heard, Kim gathered that the old woman wept.

    Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • One morning, early in June, Dorise, in a rough tweed suit and a pearl-grey suede tam-o'shanter, carrying a mackintosh across her shoulder, and accompanied by a tall, dark-haired, clean-shaven man of thirty-two, with rather thick lips and bushy eyebrows, walked down through the woods to the river.

    Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo William Le Queux 1895

  • He seemed to have just scrambled out of a dust-bin in a tam-o'shanter cap and a tattered soldier's coat much too long for him.

    Chance Joseph Conrad 1890

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.