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Shammy vs Shamoy - What's the difference?

shammy | shamoy |

As nouns the difference between shammy and shamoy

is that shammy is chamois leather while shamoy is .

shammy

English

Noun

(shammies)
  • chamois leather
  • a cloth made of this leather

    • shamoy

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1843. Thomas Simpson. Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America, effected by the Officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company, during the years 1836—39 (London : S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley), p. 39:
    • I afterwards adopted the precaution of using very thin shamoy gloves, and have often taken observations at still lower temperatures without injury.