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plural noun

privately owned articles consisting chiefly of clothing, toilet items, etc., for intimate use by an individual.

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Origin of personal effects

First recorded in 1835–45

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How to use personal effects in a sentence

They left angry and hurt, and when they were gone, Hitchcock came back supposedly to clear out his personal effects.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Personal effects as small as a boarding pass or passport showed no sign of fire.
MH17 Is the World’s First Open-Source Air Crash Investigation|Clive Irving|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The personal effects could include the Future Flight Captain hat the boy had been wearing at the time of his disappearance.
The NYPD Unearths the Etan Patz Missing-Child Case 33 Years Later|Michael Daly|April 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Peters was also there, packing up the personal effects of the dead man preparatory to vacating the apartment.
In the Onyx Lobby|Carolyn Wells

Regulations provided that two officers must inventory his personal effects and those belonging to the Space Service.
Unwise Child|Gordon Randall Garrett
They were first to give into her hands all their personal effects, which she would bury under the lodge.
Letters from the Alleghany Mountains|Charles Lanman
Suffice it to say we come vested with authority to take possession of his personal effects.
Christopher and the Clockmakers|Sara Ware Bassett
House, horses, and most personal effects are destroyed; but if children are left, a little property is reserved for them.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1|Hubert Howe Bancroft

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