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UK
/pˌæɹəfənˈeɪliə/
]
[ US /ˌpɛɹəfəˈneɪɫjə/ ]
[ US /ˌpɛɹəfəˈneɪɫjə/ ]
NOUN
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
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.