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    pelf
    /pɛlf/

    noun

    • 1. money, especially when gained in a dishonest or dishonourable way: archaic "damnation dog thee and thy wretched pelf!"

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  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pelfPelf Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Pelf is a noun that means money or riches, derived from an Anglo-French word for booty or stolen goods. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, history, and usage in this online dictionary entry.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › pelfPelf - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    noun. money, especially gained in a dishonest way. synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Pelf." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/pelf.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › pelfPELF Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Pelf definition: money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.. See examples of PELF used in a sentence.

  6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › pelfpelf - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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    From Late Middle English pelf, pelfe (“stolen goods, booty, spoil; forfeited property; money, riches; property; valuable object”), possibly from Anglo-Norman pelf (a variant of pelfre (“booty, loot”)) and Old French peufre (“frippery; rubbish”); further etymology uncertain, possibly a metathesis of Old French felpe, ferpe, frepe (“a rag”). The Engl...

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    (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /pɛlf/
    Rhymes: -ɛlf

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    pelf (countable and uncountable, plural pelfs) 1. (uncountable, chiefly derogatory, dated) Money, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon. 1.1. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:acquisition, Thesaurus:booty, Thesaurus:money 1.1. 1599 (first performance; published 1600), Thomas Dekker, “The Shomakers Holiday. Or The Gentle Craft.[…]”...

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    Joseph Wright, editor (1903), “PELF, sb.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary:[…], volumes IV (M–Q), London: Henry Frowde,[…], publisher to the English Dialect Society,[…]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Put...

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    Pelf is a word for money, rubbish, or a contemptible person, derived from Anglo-Norman or Old French. Learn its etymology, pronunciation, synonyms, antonyms, and translations.

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  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPELF definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Pelf is a derogatory word for money or wealth, especially if acquired by dishonest means. Learn the origin, synonyms, pronunciation and usage of pelf from Collins English Dictionary.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › pelfPelf - definition of pelf by The Free Dictionary

    Pelf is a derogatory term for money or wealth, especially if dishonestly acquired. Find out the origin, pronunciation, and related words of pelf from various dictionaries and thesaurus.

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › pelfPelf Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Pelf is a noun that means ill-gotten gains or booty. It comes from Middle English and Old French words related to pilfer.