appurtenance
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There were, of course, millions of men with toothbrush mustaches, but the choice by a performer or politician to keep or to discard a symbolic appurtenance is never accidental.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 12, 2016
The actor is a bodybuilder with what seems to be an ancient helmet tattooed on his head, an armored appurtenance around his neck and stars over his nipples.
From Time • Sep. 13, 2012
Almost the only appurtenance consonant with his celebrity is an address book Don Juan would envy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tanks, cannon, airplanes, Red Cross ambulances and every appurtenance of real war, right down to hot weather, secrecy and red tape, accompanied the show.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every mining appurtenance is retained, only somewhat altered in shape, and that, perhaps, not for the better, be it cap, “bellis,” or general attire.
From Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean by Nicholls, H. G. (Henry George)
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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The Taming of the Shrew
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