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Tam O'Shanter(dictionary)

tam-o'-shanter (iou)



tam-o'-shanter noun. M19.
[Tam o' Shanter, (the hero of) a poem by Robert Burns (1790).]
A round woollen bonnet or cloth cap of Scottish origin fitting closely round the brows but large and full above. Also more fully tam-o'-shanter bonnet, tam-o'-shanter cap. Cf. TAM, TAMMY noun3.