subs. (thieves’).—1.  Furniture; and (2) see quots.

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  1599.  SHAKESPEARE, Henry V., ii. 8. 50. Look to my chattels and my MOVABLES.

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  1608.  MIDDLETON, A Trick to Catch the Old One, iii. 1. He’s rich in money, MOVABLES, and land.

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  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. MOVEABLES. … We bit all the Cull’s cole and MOVEABLES, We won all the man’s money, rings, watches, etc.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. MOVEABLES. Rings, watches, or any toys of value.

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  1811.  GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.

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