subs. (common).—1.  Furniture; moveables. MONEY AND MARBLES = cash and effects. [From Fr. meubles.] Hence, any substantial quid pro quó.

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  ENGLISH SYNONYMS.  Belongings; household gods; lares and penates; moveables; sticks; sprats; slows; traps.

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  FRENCH SYNONYMS.  Le bahut (popular = large dresser); le bazar (prostitutes’); du fourbi (popular).

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  1867.  A. TROLLOPE, Claverings, ch. xxx. And you may be sure of this, she won’t get any money from me, unless I get the MARBLES for it.

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  2.  (old).—Syphilis; FRENCH GOUT (q.v.).

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  1592.  GREENE, Theeves Falling Out [Harleian Miscellany, viii. 392]. Look into the spittle and hospitalls, there you shall see men diseased of the French MARBLES, giving instruction to others. Ibid. (1592), A Quip for an Upstart Courtier [Harleian Miscellany, vi. 406]. Neither do I frequent whore-houses to catch the MARBLES, and so grow your patient.

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  3.  (venery).—The testes. For synonyms, see CODS.

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