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My father and I had food at the café (an appurtenance that seems to be almost required for English churches now) and visited a small exhibit about the Putney Debates.— Oz and Ends
Every mining appurtenance is retained, only somewhat altered in shape, and that, perhaps, not for the better, be it cap, "bellis," or general attire.— Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean
I am the more particular in mentioning this appurtenance, as I had soon occasion to scrape acquaintance with it in a manner not very agreeable to my feelings.— Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
The latter appurtenance was one of those old-fashioned knob-and-wire tocsins, and its clangorous voice was calculated to arouse, not only the house whereof it was a fixture, but the neighborhood round about.— The President A novel
It was a miniature I think by Sanders,[10] who had contrived to muffle Lewis's person in a cloak, and placed some poignard or dark lanthorn appurtenance (I think) in his hand, so as to give the picture the cast of a bravo.— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford

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