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tam-o'-shanter

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tam-o'-shan·ter  (tm-shntr)
n.
A tight-fitting Scottish cap or braided bonnet, sometimes having a pompon, tassel, or feather in the center.
[After the hero of "Tam o' Shanter," a poem by Robert Burns.]
tam-o'-shanter [ˌtæməˈʃæntə]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a Scottish brimless wool cap with a bobble in the centre, usually worn pulled down at one side Also called tam tammy
[named after the hero of Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter (1790)]
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Noun1.tam-o'-shantertam-o'-shanter - a woolen cap of Scottish origin      
tam, tammy
cap - a tight-fitting headdress


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And she must tell me how Nelson had died, and I did want to know; so I went with her across the width of life from dawning boy's love for a brown-haired girl in a tam-o'-shanter back to the old sad savagery I had known.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
The dress I wore was just that of a sailor come ashore from some coaster, a thick blue woollen shirt or rather a sort of jumper with a knitted cap like a tam-o'-shanter worn very much on one side and with a red tuft of wool in the centre.
The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context
As soon as I heard the heavy door close on him finally, I made a bolt for my shrimping-net and tam-o'-shanter and was just going to slip out, when I saw that my brother had left behind him one coin that lay gleaming on the long bench by the window.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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