fixing
the act of a person or thing that fixes.
fixings. Also fix·in's [fik-sinz]. /ˈfɪk sɪnz/. Informal.
the necessary ingredients: salad fixings.
the appropriate accompaniments; trimmings: turkey with all the fixings.
Origin of fixing
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How to use fixing in a sentence
If you need another reason to dine, the barbecue is tasty and the fixins are plentiful.
Delayed? The Best Airport Restaurants to Eat at This Thanksgiving | Brandy Zadrozny | November 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe took a tour of the grounds and he pointed out and picked a few ferns and greens, adding them to his bag of local fixins.
You write an' say that his father, afore he died, freely forgave him, an' left him the farm and fixins.
Babylon, Volume 2 (of 3) | Grant AllenI couldn't see your face when Ame offered ye pie an' doughnuts instid of beefsteak an' fixins.
David Harum | Edward Noyes WestcottYou see there was so many all-fired fixins in my room I couldn't find anything I wanted.
Our American Cousin | Tom Taylor
Yes, massa Victor, I got dem ar fixins; but what de lor you gemmen want wid such tings at de ball?
It was too new for Troja fuit, and the general fixins would scarcely authorize one to say Troja fuerit.
Pictures of Southern Life | William Howard Russell
British Dictionary definitions for fixing
/ (ˈfɪksɪŋ) /
a means of attaching one thing to another, as a pipe to a wall, slate to a roof, etc
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