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pelf
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pelf
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pɛlf
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noun
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English
<
Old French
pelfre
booty
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pelf
(pɛlf)
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n
derogatory
money or wealth, esp if dishonestly acquired; lucre
[C14: from Old French
pelfre
booty; related to Latin
pilāre
to despoil]
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pelf
late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. pelf, from O.Fr. pelfre "booty, spoils" (11c.), of unknown origin, related to pilfer (q.v.). Meaning "money, riches," with a pejorative overtone first recorded c.1500.
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