Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being trig or trim; neatness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or state of being
trig ;smartness ;neatness .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The descriptions of fifty years ago do not need to have a word changed in order to exactly describe the same region as it appears to-day -- except as to the 'trigness' of the houses.
Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain 1872
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The descriptions of fifty years ago do not need to have a word changed in order to exactly describe the same region as it appears to-day -- except as to the 'trigness' of the houses.
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She was rosy-faced and blue-eyed and wholesome, with the roundness and trigness of a geranium leaf.
Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud 1921
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His appearance conveyed the impression of quiet trigness and gentility.
Unleavened Bread Robert Grant 1896
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She had dressed herself simply, but with effective trigness.
Unleavened Bread Robert Grant 1896
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Ray had the hint of something higher and more delicate about her, though she had the trigness, and readiness, and every-day-ness too.
The Other Girls 1865
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