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Trimmer (construction) In light-frame construction, a trimmer is a timber or metal beam (joist) used to create an opening around a stairwell, skylight, chimney, and the like. Trimmers are installed parallel to the primary floor or ceiling joists and support headers, w ...

, beam used in construction *

Trimmer (electronics) A trimmer, or preset, is a miniature adjustable electrical component. It is meant to be set correctly when installed in some device, and never seen or adjusted by the device's user. Trimmers can be variable resistors (potentiometers), variable c ...

, small electrical component *

Trimmer (gardening) A string trimmer, also known by the portmanteau strimmer and the trademarks Weedwacker, Weed eater and Whipper Snipper. is a garden tool for cutting grass, small weeds, and groundcover. It uses a whirling monofilament line instead of a blade ...

, gardening power tool * Trimmer (surname) *

Trimmer, California Trimmer is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located north-northeast of Piedra Piedra is a hair disease caused by a fungus, which causes formation of nodules on the hair shaft.Veasey JV, Avila RB, Miguel BAF, Mu ...

, community in Fresno County *

Laminate trimmer A laminate trimmer (or trimming router) is a small version of a wood router, normally used to trim laminate such as Formica. It generally has a 1/4-inch collet. Typical laminate trimmers spin their bits at up to 30,000 RPM. Some models provide ...

, wood-working tool * Trimmer - a

book trimming Book trimming is the stage of the book production process in which the page edges of a book are trimmed so that all pages will stack with perfect edge alignment within the finished book jacket. The step before book trimming is the binding of th ...

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Coal trimmer A coal trimmer or trimmer is a position within the Engine department (ship), engineering department of a coal-fired ship which involves all coal handling duties. Their main task is to ensure that coal is evenly distributed within a vessel to ensu ...

, also known as a trimmer, a person who distributes coal on a steam ship *

Hair clipper A hair clipper, often individually called the apparent plurale tantum hair clippers (in a similar way to ''scissors''), is a specialised tool used to cut human head hair. Hair clippers work on the same principle as scissors, but are distinct fro ...

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695), was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660, and in the House of Lords after he was raised to the peerage in 1668. Backgr ...

, author of ''The Character of a Trimmer'', which was and is often held to describe his own conduct - and therefore he has "the Trimmer" as a nickname

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