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
Yes, I know, the marital bargain has changed: women are no longer chattels.
From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 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
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
