chattels

Example Sentences

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Among the chattels were two desks, one his, one hers, extras from a summer house they let go.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2019

In his will, George Washington offered freedom to his own human chattels upon the death of his wife, Martha.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Yes, I know, the marital bargain has changed: women are no longer chattels.

From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2018

Excluded in the sale but available for separate purchase were the household furniture, machinery and "the chattels within the house."

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2015

Many of these chattels were on their way to ruin by the late rains, their veneer being invaded by the water and swelling so that the wood wrinkled and buckled.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson