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die Siebensachen (pl.)
   belongings, things, stuff; kit (bag), gear, bits and pieces (Br.)

Packen Sie Ihre Siebensachen und starten Sie zum Kurzurlaub.
Pack your things and take off on a short vacation.
Pellegrini wäre der neunte Coach seit 2003, der vorzeitig seine Siebensachen packen müsste.
Pellegrini would be the ninth [Madrid] coach since 2003 who has had to prematurely pack up his things (and leave).
Wer will guten Kuchen backen, der muss haben sieben Sachen: Eier und Salz, Zucker und Schmalz… (Kinderreim)
He who wants to bake a good cake, he must have seven things: Eggs and salt, sugar and grease… (nursery rhyme)

Related:
seine Siebensachen packen to pack one’s things (and go)
die Habseligkeiten (pl.) (meager) personal effects, personal belongings
das Hab und Gut belongings, possessions

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