First Known Use: 14th century
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pelf
noun \ˈpelf\
Definition of PELF
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Origin of PELF
Middle English, from Anglo-French pelfre booty
Related to PELF
- Synonyms
- bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, money, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim), tender, wampum
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