movables

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Normally the capital receives about 14 million visitors annually; this year 17 million are expected, and already 10,000 tourists are trooping through the White House every day, eyeing the movables.

From Time Magazine Archive

The movables on any ground are houses, trees, and any vegetables planted.

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill

Simple, serviceable movables fall into few kinds: the box, cupboard, and table, the stool, bench, and chair.

From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various

For the argument that excludes some things from private ownership may seem to apply more and more to land and even to movables.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe

Hat boxes, trunks, and the other movables of the voyager manifest great hilarity at the change in the weather, and dance about the floor in a manner that must satisfy the most fastidious beholder.

From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard