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Chamois leather

noun
1.
A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.  Synonyms: chammy, chammy leather, chamois, shammy, shammy leather.






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"Chamois leather" Quotes from Famous Books



... merely amalgamating, then at stated periods the battery and pans are cleaned out, the amalgam rubbed or scraped from the copper plates and raised from the troughs and riffles. It is then squeezed through chamois leather, or good calico will do as well, and retorted in a large iron retort, the nozzle of which is kept in water so as to convert the mercury vapour again to the metallic form. The result is a spongy cake of gold, which is either ...
— Getting Gold • J. C. F. Johnson

... swept once that morning, so all they needed was a good bath. A little water at a time was poured over them and swept off with the broom, and while they dried in the sunshine, she rubbed the door handles and bell with polish, and gave them a beautiful finish with chamois leather. The woodwork of the doors was pretty dusty, and before it could be made to look just right it had to be rubbed off with a damp duster and a little stick used in the cracks of the wood. When the rug was laid ...
— A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl - Margaret's Saturday Mornings • Caroline French Benton



Words linked to "Chamois leather" :   wash leather, chammy, leather



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