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Definition of Retrims
1. retrim [v] - See also: retrim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrims
Literary usage of Retrims
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Household Papers and Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896)
"She refits her hats and bonnets, retrims her dresses, and in a thousand busy,
earnest, happy little ways sets herself to make the most of her small income. ..."
2. Smoking and Drinking by James Parton (1868)
"To this end, without precisely knowing why, she turns the old dress, retrims it,
or arrays herself in the freshness of a new one, ever striving to present ..."
3. Investment Counsel by Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Boston (1922)
"If the wind changes, he retrims his sails. So it is with investing. If the investor
wishes to maintain a straight course toward the accomplishment of his ..."
4. House and Home Papers by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1872)
"She refits her hats and bonnets, retrims her dresses, and in a thousand busy,
earnest, happy little ways, sets herself to make the most of her small income. ..."
5. House and Home Papers by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1865)
"She refits her hats and bonnets, retrims her dresses, and in a thousand busy,
earnest, happy little ways, sets herself to make the most of her small income. ..."
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