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trim-tram
trim-tram, n. (a.) Obs. exc. dial. (ˈtrɪmˈtræm) Also 9 dial. trin tran. [In I. app. f. trim a., with varied reduplication; in II. and III., app. whimsical applications of I.; but perh. distinct words.] I. (Cf. flim-flam, jim-jam, whim-wham.) † 1. app. A personal ornament of little value; a pretty to...
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jim-jam
jim-jam (ˈdʒɪmdʒæm) [A reduplicated term, of which the elements are unexplained; perhaps only whimsical: cf. flim-flam, trim-tram, whim-wham, etc. Connexion with the first element of gimcrack is possible, but the latter is not found till later.] 1. A fanciful or trivial article, a gimcrack, a knick-...
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whim-wham
whim-wham (ˈhwɪmhwæm) Also 6–7 whym wham, 7 whimwhom, 8–9 whimwam, 9 wimwam, whim-, wim-wom. [A reduplication with vowel-variation, like flim-flam, jim-jam, trim-tram, all of which are similarly applied to trivial or frivolous things. The history of the group of words of which whim n.1, whimsy, and ...
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boggling
▪ I. boggling, vbl. n. (ˈbɒglɪŋ) [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. boggle.1640 Shirley Arcadia ii. i, Leave Your bogling & your trim-tram tricks. 1656 R. Robinson Christ all 117 He keeps a huge bogling, he doth exceedingly dodge with Jesus Christ. 1834 C. C. F. Greville Mem. Geo. IV, (187...
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tram
▪ I. tram, n.1 Also 4–5 tramm(e, (traimm(e, traum(e), 4–9 trame. [a. F. trame, OF. traime, trème, 12th c. in Godef. Compl., (as in the late sense 1) woof of a web, also fig. cunning device or contrivance, machination, plot:—L. trāma woof. The literal sense of Fr. and L. appears in Eng. only in a tec...
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trim
▪ I. trim, n. (trɪm) Also 6–7 trym, trimme, 7–8 trimm. [f. trim v.] I. Nautical and Aeronautical senses. 1. The state of being trimmed or prepared for sailing; esp. the condition of being ‘fully rigged and ready to sail’ (Onions Shaks. Gloss.).1590 Shakes. Com. Err. iv. i. 90 The ship is in her trim...
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