paraphernalia

[ UK /pˌæɹəfənˈe‍ɪli‍ə/ ]
[ US /ˌpɛɹəfəˈneɪɫjə/ ]
NOUN
  1. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
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How To Use paraphernalia In A Sentence

  • A similar problem came up yesterday in reading a Boris Akunin story called Strast' i dolg Passion and duty, set in an alternate Russia which has revived tsardom, along with its Table of Ranks and all the rest of the imperial paraphernalia. Languagehat.com: TRANSLATION PROBLEMS.
  • All my fishing paraphernalia is in the car.
  • The Inspector, who was also at the meeting, urged anyone finding drugs paraphernalia, including burned tin foil and syringes, to contact the police straightaway.
  • There is the usual election paraphernalia around; dozens of billboard adverts and flyers posted on lamp-posts.
  • The blast yesterday ripped through crowds of pilgrims and vendors of food and religious paraphernalia. Times, Sunday Times
  • (they are catalogued for us, and placed in rows in the shop windows); we purchase _lachryma Christi_ by the dozen; and, for a few sous, may become possessed of the whole paraphernalia of the Holy Manger. Normandy Picturesque
  • Seriously: someone tell the kids enjoying the "suite life" that wearing Saints paraphernalia is not a crime. Your Right Hand Thief
  • We sell pots, gloves, seeds and other gardening paraphernalia.
  • By all accounts it was the usual huge success, with keen gardeners coming from all around to stock up on plants and gardening paraphernalia.
  • She proudly showed off the condoms, lubricant and standard paraphernalia before producing ‘the most important thing’ - a vaginal douche.
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