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chamois leather
A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf
a soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
{i} chamois (Zoology); leather prepared from the skin of the chamois
a piece of chamois leather, used for cleaning or polishing
The chamois
shammy leather
{i} leather prepared from the skin of the chamois
shimmy-shammy
Secretive, illicit activity or favor trading

The four-month suspension is, in effect, the result of a little political shimmy-shammy. In return for some high profile Gorecki supporters endorsing Bob Spence, a judicial candidate favored by Thomas, he agreed to the four-month suspension. -Chicago Reader, February 10, 2006, Michael Miner, Court of No Resort.

chamois
(Usually as “chamois leather”) Soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used)
chamois
A short-horned goat-antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra
chamois
{n} an animal of the goat kind
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It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase
chamois
{i} small goatlike antelope; leather prepared from the skin of the chamois
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Chamois-coloured
chamois
Soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used)
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Chamois are small animals rather like goats that live in the mountains of Europe and South West Asia
chamois
A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc
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A chamois or a chamois leather is a soft leather cloth used for cleaning and polishing
chamois
hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips
chamois
A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc
chamois
called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather
chamois
a soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
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The traditional colour of chamois leather
chamois
hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips a soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
chamois
Pronounced for meaning
chamois
and in British English
chamois
rupicapra
shammy
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