plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains
"The old theater still features velvet seats, but the heavy drapes are made from a thick piece of tammy that has seen better days."
a woolen cap of Scottish origin
"After putting on his old tammy, he stepped out into the biting Highland wind to start his hike."
A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
"He tied a red ribbon around his black Tammy to match his Highland kilt."
Alternative form of tamis (“culinary strainer”)
A tam o’shanter hat.
To strain through a tammy.
"The mechanic strained through a tammy to remove the tiny bolt from the engine block."
A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
"My grandmother's best friend was Tammy, a name that seemed everywhere during her youth in the seventies."