trimmings

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

Bread and butter and other necessary eatables for the tea-table.


A cup of tea with trimmings, is always in season; and is considered as the orthodox mode of welcoming any guest.--Mrs. Clavers, A New Home.

The party luxuriated at Florence's [eating house] on lobster and trimings.--Knickerbocker Mag., Aug. 1845.