In short, wherever there are bones or trimmings to be got out of any meat that is dressed in my kitchen, they are made to contribute towards soup or gravy, or No.
A bonnet and trimmings may be worn a much longer time, if the dust be brushed well off after walking.
Would anyone believe that when Tom's wife died, he actually could not be induced to see the importance of the children's having the deepest of trimmings to their mourning?
So she sat, corpse-like, as we played at cards; the frillings and trimmings on her bridal dress, looking like earthy paper.
That meant little to us, for her trimmings of comfort had been stripped off but for a few cabins left for the officers, and when we were mustered in our quarters, we wondered where we would sleep, for no bunks met our eye.
A velvet dress, for instance, demands for its trimmings expensive and real lace.
I saw that she was right; her trimmings would have been "quiet" here.
The tall, thin sisterhood should eschew pointed effects and study to attain apparent breadth by using trimmings arranged horizontally.
The most unpleasing developments result from the wearing of the horn-like trimmings either in velvet or jet.
Wings, or perpendicular bows, add length to the lines of the short face, giving it a certain suggestion of refinement and distinction that is wholly destroyed by the wearing of any trimmings that show at the sides.
Take the trimmings of six heads of lettuce, in volume about the same as two heads of lettuce, wash well and cut in small bits.
Put all of thetrimmings and the meat of the legs without the bones, in an earthern jar; add three chopped shallots, and a bouquet garni, cover with sherry wine, and allow to stand for two days.
With thetrimmings of the turbot make a fish forcemeat.
Quarter pound trimmings of fish chopped fine, passed through sieve, and add one yolk of egg and a tablespoonful of cream.
Mash the trimmings well in a mortar, pass through a sieve, add one egg, season with salt and pepper, make into small round balls, and boil in fish broth for three minutes.
Cut about one pound of ham trimmings in very small squares.
Slice one pound of tenderloin of beef in strips one-eighth inch thick and two inches wide, using trimmings or the end piece.
Roll out some puff paste (a good way to utilize any trimmings you may have) very thin, about one-eighth inch.
It is varied with suggestions for the use of meats and trimmings for particular dishes; the composition of these dishes set forth in concise form.
Put the trimmingsin a casserole with five pounds of lamb bones and three quarts of water.
Add one pint of veal broth or stock, one-half pint of puree of tomatoes and the trimmings of a few fresh mushrooms.
Her dress was a sort of pale heliotrope, with trimmings of a deeper shade, and in her hands she carried a big bunch of June roses.
That's the very copper cuss with yellow trimmings who had me down when that arrow stopped me," Beverly exclaimed.
Except just the two words "superbe, magnifique," The trimmings of that which I had home last week!
They would hardly need any mortar, and the brick trimmings you describe would be a nuisance, except for looks.
You want to be on hand, too, when the trimmings are put on, and see that they are not too high or low, or fixed so you will bruise your knuckles every time you pull out the drawers or open the cupboard doors.
III Take the bone of a rib roast of beef, the trimmings of beef steak, and the bones and trimmings of a cold turkey or chicken.
II Put into a soup-kettle the bones and trimmingsof a cold roast turkey, with a quarter of a pound of lean ham.
It hung by its scarlet tongue from a beam, flanked on one side by the paper of sage that was being saved to season the holiday turkeys, and on the other by the bag that held the trimmings of the Yule-tree.
He removed his greasy coat, threw his greasy cap into a corner, wiped his greasy hands on a wad oftrimmings and set to work.
The trimmings and facings of scarlet, and a scarlet waistcoat.
He wanted "2 complete livery suits for servants, with a spare cloak and all other necessary trimmings for two suits more.
He said no more nor did he kiss his wife as he took his leave of her, matrimonial trimmings of that kind not being to his taste—for which relief Nancy was thankful.
But even yet the garment lacked the trimmingsthat beautified the older man’s and made it conspicuous—cheerfulness and breezy optimism were missing.
I do not know just where I missed my train, but when I found the seal brown car with scrunched huckleberry trimmings it was going the other way, and as it was late I went into a cafe and refreshed myself.
I also noticed an inflamed and angry color to the stroma with trimmings of the same.
The black trimmings and drooping feathers set off the ivory pallor of her face and made the wonderful hair gleam like threads of precious metal.
The black cashmere dress, the fur tippet, and the box containing the toque with jet trimmings were gone!
But this constant planning about one's toilet, changing your buttons and your fringes and your bonnet-trimmings and your hats every other day, and then being behindhand!
It was Georgian, of plum-coloured brick with marble trimmings and marble wedges over the ample windows, some years later I saw the house by Ferguson, of New York, from which Archie had cribbed it.
One evening Lem Hallowell, after depositing a box of trimmings at Ephraim Prescott's harness shop, drove up to the platform of the store with the remark that "things were gittin' pretty hot down to the capital in that franchise fight.
But do you know, Kathy, I don't believe that women would continue wearing bird trimmings if they stopped a minute to think about it.
The gathering presents a brilliant spectacle variegated with lace and baubles, bright trimmings and pompons, tinged plumes and flowers in full bloom, curls of blond hair, tresses of dark hair and the glitter of diamonds.
The smallest piece of silk, when she draped it into something, at once assumed the pretty appearance of a living thing; out of braid and lace trimmings she could draw the most exquisite harmonies.
He hunted up Diego, and found him putting a deal of gratuitous labor upon the silver trimmings of the new saddle.
He turned from watching proudly the glitter of the trimmings on his new saddle as the peon bore it away on his shoulder, and confronted Dade with a tinge of defiance in his manner.
The first groomsman was in civilian's dress; but the second was in all the glory of full regimentals, with scarlet trimmings and showy buttons.
Of the following bridesmaids, one wore pink silk of a paler shade, one was in lemon-color, and the last in palest mauve, with trimmings of garnet velvet.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "trimmings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
