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.
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