Trimmings
['trimiŋz]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Ornaments, trappings, dress, gear, trim.
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Examples
- Practically all people know that ribbons and ties, trimmings and dresses, frequently look different at night from what they do in the daytime. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The lungs, heart, liver and trimmings go to the sausage department. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I told him that, without deep trimmings, the family was disgraced. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- So she sat, corpse-like, as we played at cards; the frillings and trimmings on her bridal dress, looking like earthy paper. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Like them, too, they seem to run to a deal of seed in their tags and trimmings. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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