Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pelf"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pelf \Pelf\, n. [OE. pelfir booty, OF. pelfre, akin to pelfrer
to plunder, and perh. to E. pillage. Cf. {Pilfer}.]
Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea
of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.
``Mucky pelf.'' --Spenser. ``Paltry pelf.'' --Burke.
Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry?
--Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pelf
n : informal terms for money [syn: {shekels}, {gelt}, {dough}, {bread},
{dinero}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {cabbage}, {kale}]
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