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accouterment

[uh-koo-ter-muhnt, -truh-] / əˈku tər mənt, -trə- /


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But I was in no hurry to shed this latest accouterment of age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

You can snack on them solo, but these crackers would also make a great accouterment for cheese platters or rich and festive dips.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2022

In 1492, Columbus gave hawk’s bells, or falconry accouterment, to some Indigenous Americans.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

His tunnel vision is both an accouterment of power and a tragicomic flaw.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2021

No alluring jingle of belted accouterment goes with him, no gift of deadly humor adorns his equally deadly gun-play.

From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)




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