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trim⋅ming

[trim-ing]
–noun
1. anything used or serving to decorate or complete: the trimmings of a Christmas tree.
2. Usually, trimmings. an accompaniment or garnish to a main dish: roast turkey with all the trimmings.
3. trimmings, pieces cut off in trimming, clipping, paring, or pruning.
4. the act of a person or thing that trims.
5. Informal. a beating or thrashing.
6. Informal. a defeat: Our team took quite a trimming.

Origin:
1510–20; trim + -ing 1
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trim·ming   (trĭm'ĭng)   
n.  
  1. The act of one that trims.

  2. Something added as decoration or ornament, especially a band of lace or embroidery on clothing.

  3. trimmings Accessories; extras: roast turkey with all the trimmings.

  4. trimmings Scraps or material removed when something is trimmed.

  5. Informal A sound defeat, beating, or punishment.

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Word Origin & History

trimmings 
"adornments, accessories, etc.," 1612, from trim (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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