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
As Union troops advanced and slavery crumbled, planters usually asked their former chattels to remain at work, promising them wages at harvest time.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 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
“When a beloved parent dies, what is being parcelled out may look like goods and chattels, but it feels a lot like love,” she wrote.
From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2015
The workers departed, taking with them their goods and chattels, leaving only the empty huts behind.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
