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Tam-o'-shanter

noun

A woolen cap of Scottish origin. Synonyms: tam, tammy.

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... away hand in hand, and got upon the flat top of the wall at the bottom of the wood. From here they looked down into Mr. McGregor's garden. Peter's coat and shoes were plainly to be seen upon the scarecrow, topped with an old tam-o'-shanter ...

— The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter • Beatrix Potter

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... to feel better and swallowed her sobs—if not her palate—very quickly. She was of some importance in this house, at least. She sat down and took off her tam-o'-shanter and unbuttoned the new blue coat of which she had been so proud only a few days before. But she was no longer wearing "Mamma 'Rill's" present—the string ...

— The Mission of Janice Day • Helen Beecher Long

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... gathered, looking anxiously down the street. When Blue Bonnet appeared in the snowiest of white sweaters and tam-o'-shanter, as jaunty and blooming as if she were out for an afternoon walk, ...

— Blue Bonnet in Boston - or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's • Caroline E. Jacobs

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... That involved carrying the hat in my kit, and it is wonderful how one loses things on the march, in the hurried nocturnal packings and unpackings, when every strap and article of kit must be to your hand in the dark, or you will be late with your horses and cause trouble. My great comfort is a Tam-o'-Shanter, which I wear whenever we are not ...

— In the Ranks of the C.I.V. • Erskine Childers

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Words linked to "Tam-o'-shanter" : cap