(n. pl.) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
(n. pl.) Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some scams appeal to veterans’ sense of loyalty and patriotism by employing affinity marketing – using military and US related paraphernalia.
(2) But this time warp is a Seville one, and all the statues of (ecclesiastical) virgins, winged cherubs, shrines and other Catholic paraphernalia, plus portraits of the late Duchess of Alba, give it a unique spirit, as do the clientele – largely local, despite Garlochí’s international fame as the city’s most kitsch bar.
(3) While gothic grandeur fills the windows, the walls are plastered with pop memorabilia and personal paraphernalia: tributes, affectionate caricatures; a Who poster signed by Roger Daltrey; a Queens Park Rangers banner and, relegated to the top of a bookcase, a ministerial red box from the Home Office.
(4) The first purpose of this paper is to describe the types and the strengths and weaknesses of blood alcohol concentration paraphernalia.
(5) Programs designed to discourage the sharing of drug paraphernalia, such as needle and syringe exchanges, should decrease the risk of parenterally spread viral infections in intravenous drug users and thus slow the spread of these infections to the general population.
(6) Not only were all the paraphernalia and substances depicted with uncanny accuracy rare on television but the reactions of the drugged executives were also utterly credible.
(7) It would honour the record of CND and scrap Trident missiles, submarines, aircraft carriers, manned fighters and the extravagant paraphernalia of the arms lobby.
(8) These patterns are discussed in terms of several variables, including purity, dosages, dose regimes, routes of administration, paraphernalia, and changing perceptions of cocaine.
(9) All seven patients patronized a local "shooting gallery" where paraphernalia were provided and drugs were often administered by a "street doctor."
(10) Vitaly continues to bring his collection of Soviet cameras, photographs and other paraphernalia to an outdoor flea market, where the afternoon sun gleamed off a Lenin bust that he had repainted to look like a "'90s gangster" with a moustache and a polka-dot tie.
(11) Tyahnybok dumped the Hitler paraphernalia when he renamed the party Svoboda in 2004, on becoming leader.
(12) For anyone trying to work out the Venn diagram of iconic protest imagery, three tropes will immediately jump to the fore: the quiet dignity of said woman; the battle-hungry paraphernalia of male authority (your shields and batons and chunky uniforms); and the dramatic flip of power that clash presents.
(13) Gezi Park was completely cleared of the gaudy paraphernalia of pluralist protest that had been its hallmark.
(14) (iii) Is choice of route influenced by availability of drug paraphernalia?
(15) A large majority of States have drug paraphernalia laws that govern needles and syringes, and a smaller number have laws that require prescriptions for the sale and possession of needles and syringes.
(16) Further research is needed to define the parameters of utility of BAC paraphernalia, so that alcohol professionals can make decisions regarding the selection and use of these devices based on empirical evidence.
(17) Old rides have been refurbished, old fairground paraphernalia upcycled.
(18) The second purpose is to identify the potential uses and requisite skills for operating BAC paraphernalia for teaching, training, and research.
(19) None of the 48 patients reported that they used condoms; 10 reported reduced sexual activity and number of sexual partners; and none of those who shared needles reported that they had discontinued sharing other addicts' drug paraphernalia.
(20) The clinical and epidemiologic data strongly suggest a paraphernalia blood-borne infection in this patient, a mode of contamination which has not been previously reported.
Stuff
Definition:
(v. t.) Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
(v. t.) The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
(v. t.) Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
(v. t.) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
(v. t.) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
(v. t.) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
(v. t.) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
(v. t.) Paper stock ground ready for use.
(n.) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.
(n.) To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
(n.) To fill by being pressed or packed into.
(n.) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
(n.) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
(n.) To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
(n.) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
(n.) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
(n.) To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
(v. i.) To feed gluttonously; to cram.
Example Sentences:
(1) She read geography at Oxford, where Benazir Bhutto (a future prime minister of Pakistan, assassinated in 2007) introduced May to her future husband, Philip May: "I hate to say this, but it was at an Oxford University Conservative Association disco… this is wild stuff.
(2) In October, an episode of South Park saw the whole town go gluten-free (the stuff, it was discovered, made one’s penis fly off).
(3) It’s good stuff.” Opening markets to US-made products overseas is one of the better things that could happen for US small business and their employees, said Obama.
(4) A Tory spokesman said: “This is feeble stuff from a party with no economic plan and a leader who just isn’t up it.
(5) The "fly on the wall" stuff is no more for the moment but, Andy, grab the opportunities when you can – a few years down the line when Cameron is on the lecture circuit and the rest of us are hanging up our cameras for good, you should have an unprecedented photographic record of a seat of power.
(6) He’s struck a few chords with the immigration stuff, and he’s managed to capture the most valuable asset in a campaign, which is the attention of the press.
(7) I don’t buy any of the horse race stuff,” Bush said Tuesday.
(8) Del Bosque had listened to the criticism, all that stuff about it being a negative tactic, and decided not to budge an inch, and who can blame him?
(9) Real people, by contrast, care more about their jobs, where they live, and the fuzzy stuff of security, happiness and a sense of belonging.
(10) He must have had PR training – didn’t it stretch to not saying stupid stuff?
(11) "A lot of this stuff we inherited and had to continue," a Downing Street source said.
(12) Updated at 4.05am BST 4.00am BST Dodgers 3 - Cardinals 0, top of 9th And so it's all up to Yadier Molina, the Cardinals catcher who is looking to get a rally going, no easy task against Jansen who looks to have his best stuff tonight.
(13) As one source close to the inquiry put it: “There was a hell of a lot of dirty stuff going on.” Two earlier Yard inquiries had failed to investigate the relevant notes in Mulcaire’s logs.
(14) He says he did write grown-up stuff – Joking Apart in the 90s and Coupling in the 00s, sitcoms that riffed on his own sexual history.
(15) There's a cute one comparing feelings to children: you don't want to let them drive, but equally you don't want to stuff them in the boot.
(16) Who hasn’t moved house and chucked a load of old stuff just because they can’t face ramming it back into the Ikea chest of drawers?
(17) Hidden City writer Karl Whitney on Dublin Read more And now for a pint of the black stuff Ireland’s capital is awash with history but no visit would be complete without a sample of the black stuff.
(18) 1.57pm BST Lap 36: Punchy stuff from Jules Bianchi up to 13th, literally bumping his way through Kobayashi on the inside.
(19) "Good stuff this from City as they're effectively playing with ten men," opines Paul Ruffley.
(20) If you pushed them on Hitler you got the most extraordinary stuff: "He was mah-vellous.