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trimmer [′trim·ər] (building construction) One of the single or double joists or rafters that go around an opening in the framing type of construction. (mining engineering) A piece of bent wire used to regulate the size of the flame of a safety lamp without removing the top of the lamp. A worker who arranges coal in the hold of a vessel (miner, ship) as the coal is discharged into it from bins. A person who cleans miners' lamps. An apparatus for trimming a pile of coal into a regular form (as a cone or prism). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| George Willard went one evening to walk with Belle Carpenter, a trimmer of women's hats who worked in a millinery shop kept by Mrs. He observed that the average homes were merely a little larger than his own--four, six, or eight rooms instead of one, made a little trimmer with neat porches and surrounded by well-cut lawns, instead of weeds. |
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