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worldly goods
noun as in circumstances
noun as in personal effects
Example Sentences
I have for all worldly goods, two hundred and fifty dollars, with which I shall honorably pay my hotel bill.
Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
Now our worldly goods were increasing, so I cut down two lodge poles and made a little travois for the dog.
Really, it looks very much as if he was going to offer himself and his worldly goods to me!
His worldly goods he never threwIn trust to fortune's chances, But lived (as all his brothers do)In easy circumstances.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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