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trim-tram

trim-tram noun: a worthless trifle.

Noun

trim-tram (plural trim-trams)

  1. (obsolete) A worthless trifle.
    • A trym tram for an horſe myll it were a nyſe thyng / Deyntes for dammoyſels, Chaffer far fet […]c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott
    • Our consciences, now, quite unclogged from the fear of his vain terriculaments and rattle-bladders; and from the fondness of his trimtrams and gugaws1547, William Patten, The Expedition into Scotland, as published in 1895, Edward Arber, An English Garner, volume III, page 70

Forms of trim-tram

pluraltrim-trams

Questions about trim-tram

What does trim-tram mean?
Trim-tram means a worthless trifle.
What part of speech is trim-tram?
Trim-tram is a noun.
What is the plural of trim-tram?
The plural of trim-tram is trim-trams.

Words near trim-tram in the dictionary

  1. trim tab
  2. trim tabs
  3. trim trail
  4. trim trails
  5. trim up
  6. trim-tram
  7. trim-trams
  8. trimac
  9. trimac cichlid
  10. trimac cichlids
  11. trimacs

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