Found 2 items, similar to pelf.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pelf
pelf
n : informal terms for money [syn:
boodle,
bread,
cabbage,
clams,
dinero,
dough,
gelt,
kale,
lettuce,
lolly,
lucre,
loot,
moolah,
scratch,
shekels,
simoleons,
sugar,
wampum]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pelf
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.
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Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry?
--Fuller.
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