tam-o'-shanter (redirected from tam-o'-shanters)

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.

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[After the hero of "Tam o' Shanter," a poem by Robert Burns.]

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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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Noun

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tam-o'-shanter - a woolen cap of Scottish origin       tam, tammy cap - a tight-fitting headdress