Definitions for: Pelf


[n] informal terms for money



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: bread, cabbage, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, loot, lucre, moolah, shekels

See Also: money

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