goods and chattels
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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“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
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
They were entitled to the goods and chattels of such of their tenants as died intestate.
From The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble by Ritchie, Leitch
The day was fixed for the vessel to sail, and John must be, with all his goods and chattels, at London in a fortnight.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
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