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Definition of Trimmest
1. trim [adj] - See also: trim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trimmest
Literary usage of Trimmest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tour in Tartan-land by Cuthbert Bede (1863)
"Discovery of Melrose Abbey—A Ready-made Quarry— National Ophthalmia—Scott's'
Lay'—A New Shrine for Pilgrim Tourists—Detractions of Melrose—The trimmest of ..."
2. The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture by Joseph Parker (1891)
"Now the voice changes, and the element of accusation enters into it very
sharply :— "Why trimmest thou thy way tc seek love? therefore hast thou also taught ..."
3. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Carefully by Adam Clarke (1837)
"Wiy trimmest thou thy u-ay] Yc have used a multitude of artifices to gain alliances
with the neighbouring idolatrous nations. ..."
4. A Commentary: Critical, Practical and Explanatory, on the Old and New by Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset, David Brown (1884)
"trimmest" best suits the image of one decking herself as a harlot, way—course of
life, therefore— accordingly. Or else, " nay, thou hast even," etc. also.. ..."
5. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (1903)
"princes, and their priests, and their prophets, 1 broken loose; 2 How trimmest
thou thy way to seek love! 8 innocent poor: thou didst not l'uni them ..."
6. Jeremiah, and His Lamentations: With Notes, Critical, Explanatory and by Henry Cowles (1869)
"Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love ? therefore hast thou also taught the ...
The words rendered, " trimmest thy way," mean to manage it cunningly, ..."
7. The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, Together with the Lamentations, with Map by Annesley William Streane (1892)
"Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love ? there- her attire ? yet my people have
forgotten me days without 34 fore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ..."
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