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
It often seems as though our British monarchy, along with our secret intelligence service, represents the only appurtenance of national greatness still extant.
From Time Magazine Archive
By far the most sensational new presidential appurtenance is an $8,000,000 Boeing VC-137C fan jetliner.
From Time Magazine Archive
That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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The Taming of the Shrew
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