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money and marbles

money and marbles noun: cash and movable items or personal effects.

Noun

money and marbles pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Cash and movable items or personal effects.
    • […] if the tenant afterwards redeemed and went into occupation again, those improvements were then the landlord's property, and the tenant could not claim for them again. He could not be entitled to both money and marbles.1880, Parliamentary Debates, page 1133

Origin of money and marbles

Compare French meubles.

Questions about money and marbles

What does money and marbles mean?
Money and marbles means cash and movable items or personal effects.
What part of speech is money and marbles?
Money and marbles is a noun.

Words near money and marbles in the dictionary

  1. Monets
  2. Monette
  3. Monettes
  4. money
  5. money and fair words
  6. money and marbles
  7. money bag
  8. money bags
  9. money belt
  10. money belts
  11. money bomb

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