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pelf
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–noun
money or wealth, esp. when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
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pelfre
booty
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pelf
(pělf)
n. Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin
pelfra, pelfa
, probably from Old French
pelfre
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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pelf
c.1375, 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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