Meanings
nounmoney and marbles pl (plural only)
- obsoletepluralplural onlyCash 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
Compare French meubles.
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