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household effects

plural noun

  1. privately owned goods consisting chiefly of furniture, appliances, etc., for keeping house.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of household effects1

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

And then they gathered together such of the household effects as they might require, and set out for the settlement.

Piles of bed-clothing, household effects, agricultural implements, lay upon the sand.

A few minutes ago, she had told Sally Henderson that she had begun checking up the Carey household effects.

There was a crowd of people out that day to attend the sale of Colonel Tiffton's household effects.

We camped at noon at Elk Creek, and made further progress at drying our household effects.

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