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Definition of Tammies
1. tammie [n] - See also: tammie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tammies
Literary usage of Tammies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris (1810)
"Steel-works have been established at Shotley-bridge, Swal- well, Team, and Gateshead.
tammies, carpets, and waistcoat- pieces, are manufactured at Durham: ..."
2. The Journey from Chester to London by Thomas Pennant (1811)
"... long war be- " tween England and France, which destroyed the Turkey " trade;
about which time the making of mixt or striped " tammies was introduced. ..."
3. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1871)
""The following are all made with cotton warps, although not necessarily so :— "tammies
are very highly glazed fabrics of mixed materials, dyed in bright ..."
4. The Civil, Ecclesiastical, Literary, Commercial, and Miscellaneous History by Edward Parsons (1834)
"The demand for worsted goods at home, for tammies and stuffs, which were the
general dress of females before the year 1775, was very great; besides which, ..."
5. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Durham: With Observations by John Bailey (1810)
"Durham, a few years since, had a considerable worsted manufacture of tammies,
... and tammies or durants : the two latter are spun by handi the former by ..."
6. An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy by Thomas Webster, William Parkes (1855)
"... twilled, or raised in stripes: used for petticoats. 5563. tammies or durants,
with single warps, are twilled, and generally coarser than twilled ..."
7. The Civil, Ecclesiastical, Literary, Commercial, and Miscellaneous History by Edward Parsons (1834)
"The demand for worsted goods at home, for tammies and stuffs, which were the
general dress of females before the year 1775, was very great; besides which, ..."
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