Uttal

  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈtɹɪmə/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.trimningsmaskin
2.frisör {en}
3.reparatör
4.trimroder
5.trimmer

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
  2. A device used to trim.
  3. (nautical) a member of the crew who trims the sails.
  4. Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest.
  5. (architecture) A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.

Exempel

  • Thus Halifax was a Trimmer on principle.
  • Lady Margaret Beaufort's third husband, Lord Stanley, an accomplished political trimmer, gave fair words but little commitment: the vast, well-armed Stanley retinues shadowed Henry's route southeast to the battlefield and waited, detached, to see how the chips fell.

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Pluraltrimmers

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