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
And a trek back to the motorway through that landscape of muddied piles of ex-goods and former chattels doesn’t appeal.
From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2017
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
On the way we meet the fleeing inhabitants trundling their goods and chattels along with them in wheelbarrows, in perambulators, and on their backs.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
