Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In leather manufacturing, to damp (skins) with cold water in the process of dressing.
  • To season (skins) to a uniform ten per.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Samuel
  • proper noun A diminutive of the female given name Samantha

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Examples

  • E.g., if Sammy is seven years old, then the sentence ˜Sammy believes that snow is powdered sugar™ could be true; but if this sentence is true, then (by our criterion of ontological commitment) its

    Platonism in Metaphysics Balaguer, Mark 2009

  • Slammin 'Sammy is clearly gripping himself occupied these days.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • Slammin 'Sammy is clearly gripping himself occupied these days.

    Sammy Sosa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | FlaGames admin 2009

  • Of course, when the other people in our group heard the name Sammy Davis Jr., they all wanted to meet him, too.

    KILLING WILLIS TODD BRIDGES 2010

  • Of course, when the other people in our group heard the name Sammy Davis Jr., they all wanted to meet him, too.

    KILLING WILLIS TODD BRIDGES 2010

  • Sammy is definitely interested, but she is naturally slower at everything (having never done it before and being a over a year younger which is eons to a toddler) and even when I have them take turns the outcome is that Sammy does very little and then it is Alex's turn again.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Laura 2009

  • Sammy is definitely interested, but she is naturally slower at everything (having never done it before and being a over a year younger which is eons to a toddler) and even when I have them take turns the outcome is that Sammy does very little and then it is Alex's turn again.

    Have I Inadvertantly Bribed My Children To Enjoy Baking?: Sesame Street M&M Oat Bars Laura 2009

  • And we understand that the narrator, Sammy, is correct: the world will be hard on him.

    Updike, John 2010

  • Randy has to be getting some kind of kickback from Sam, but Sammy is making him look like a fool for supporting all of his lies now and future.

    E-mail me again when he shows some common sense (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • The problem for Sammy is that despite what Brecht may have alleged, the N. Irish Executive cannot dissolve the people and elect another.

    Sammy's singing the blues O'Neill 2009

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