Sam vs Tam - What's the difference?
sam | tam |
, a diminutive or shortening of Samuel'', or rarely of ''Samson .
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(Ireland, informal) The (Sam Maguire Cup) awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.
A tam o'shanter, a tall knit wool cap traditionally associated with Scotland.
* {{quote-news, year=1988, date=July 1, author=Bryan Miller, title=A Gathering of Scots, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams , kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees. }}
As an adjective sam
is (etymology 1 only, spelled specifically to distinguish it from etymology 2 ).As a pronoun tam is
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* Silent SamAnagrams
* English unisex given names ----tam
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