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pelf (pelf)

noun

  1. Obsolete ill-gotten gains; booty
  2. money or wealth regarded with contempt

Etymology: ME, akin to (< ?) MFr pelfre, booty

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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