money and marbles

English

Etymology

Compare French meubles.

Noun

money and marbles pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete) Cash and movable items or personal effects.
    • 1880, Parliamentary Debates (page 1133)
      […] 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.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary
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