belongings

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All of his belongings were there, the coffee cup was still sitting alongside the newspaper on the kitchen table.

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  • On the top of his belongings was a programme, several review pages, and a small collection of cards and telegrams. —  Light Thickens - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 33: 1982
  • I have another strong reason for thinking his belongings were here at least until noon today, but that can wait for the moment. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Murder at Bridge, by Anne Austin
  • My assistant tried to reassure her and offered excuses, free breakfast and so forth, drinks, anything she liked, but she insisted Did she get her money back Oh yes And Boronski He came to see me the next morning and stated that his room had been switched in some devilish manner, for all his belongings were arranged precisely as he had left them, but they were in the other room. —  The Mind Murders - van de Wetering, Janwillem - Grijpstra-deGier 08
  • He was going away, and his belongings were all packed in a sailor's canvas bag; but he was not going to sea. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters
  • Thus far the belongings are all of the Cross; but no sooner are we landed in the little drawing-rooms than signs of the Crescent appear. —  The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II
 

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