all the trimmings
idiom
: all the other foods that are typically served with something
a feast with turkey and all the trimmings
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Americans today typically gather considerable portions of their families together, eat turkey with all the trimmings, then, loaded with tryptophans, settle back to watch football or catch up on family news, and fall blissfully asleep.
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
Friends grateful for Thanksgiving meal In the line to receive turkey and all the trimmings to fill a Thanksgiving table were friends Linda Johnson and Sandra Samuel.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Left Bank Brasserie offers a three-course prix fixe menu from 11 a.m.-8 p.m., with dishes like Fuyu persimmon salad, butternut squash soup and entrées like roasted turkey with all the trimmings, butternut squash ravioli, steak au poivre, or salmon with French lentils.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2025
The test kitchen worked overtime in those months, producing turkey after turkey to taste, providing me with all the trimmings to take home.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
Friends grateful for Thanksgiving meal In the line to receive turkey and all the trimmings to fill a Thanksgiving table were friends Linda Johnson and Sandra Samuel.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Left Bank Brasserie offers a three-course prix fixe menu from 11 a.m.-8 p.m., with dishes like Fuyu persimmon salad, butternut squash soup and entrées like roasted turkey with all the trimmings, butternut squash ravioli, steak au poivre, or salmon with French lentils.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2025
The test kitchen worked overtime in those months, producing turkey after turkey to taste, providing me with all the trimmings to take home.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
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“All the trimmings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20the%20trimmings. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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