Trim-tram
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Trim-tram is a noun meaning (obsolete) A worthless trifle.
Meaning
(obsolete) A worthless trifle.
Example Sentences
A trym tram for an horſe myll it were a nyſe thyng / Deyntes for dammoyſels, Chaffer far fet […]
Our consciences, now, quite unclogged from the fear of his vain terriculaments and rattle-bladders; and from the fondness of his trimtrams and gugaws
Head, body, taile and all of a redde Herring you ſhall haue of mee, if that vvill pleaſe you, or if that vvill not pleaſe you, ſtay till Eſter Terme, and then vvith the anſvvere to the Trim Tram, I vvill make you laugh your hearts out.
Word Forms
- trim-trams
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trumpery, trub, trapes, tramel, trunnel, tramload.
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