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personal effects

plural noun

privately owned articles consisting chiefly of clothing, toilet items, etc., for intimate use by an individual.

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First recorded in 1835–45

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They left angry and hurt, and when they were gone, Hitchcock came back supposedly to clear out his personal effects.

Personal effects as small as a boarding pass or passport showed no sign of fire.

The personal effects could include the Future Flight Captain hat the boy had been wearing at the time of his disappearance.

Peters was also there, packing up the personal effects of the dead man preparatory to vacating the apartment.

Regulations provided that two officers must inventory his personal effects and those belonging to the Space Service.

They were first to give into her hands all their personal effects, which she would bury under the lodge.

Suffice it to say we come vested with authority to take possession of his personal effects.

House, horses, and most personal effects are destroyed; but if children are left, a little property is reserved for them.

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