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Shammy is how you pronounce chamois
chamois comes from a sheep. it is the skin on a sheep.
A chamois is used to wash cars.
Steuart Laing has written:
'Chamois' -- subject(s): Chamois hunting, Chamois
"Chamois" is fundamentally a noun (meaning a kind of animal) but can also be used as a "substantive adjective" as in "chamois skin".