Definition of "tammy" [tam•my]

• A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc. (noun)
• A sieve, or strainer; a tamis. (noun)
• A tam o’shanter hat. (noun)

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• "June 1st, 2008 4: 58 pm ET the people are screaming to the superdelegates ... we want Hillary Clinton ...... get rid of those superdelegates and this won't happen again tammy"
• "She heard the door open, then looked up slowly to see a man standing before her, holding what was locally known as a tammy in both hands."
• "Edmund Carey, the second, set up the loom on which he wove the woollen cloth known as "tammy," in a two-storied cottage."