Trimming

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- ·adj from Trim, v.

II. Trimming ·noun The act of one who trims.

III. Trimming ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Trim.

IV. Trimming ·noun The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a trimming.

V. Trimming ·noun That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish;

— usually in the pluraltrimmings. --.

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