pelf

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If only I had some self-pelf I could get away from it all and go hunt kudus with the Zulus, or fish for cohos, or climb the Changabang.

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  1. noun Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired.

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  1. Middle English, from Medieval Latin pelfra, pelfa, probably from Old French pelfre.

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  1. Early modern English pelfe; from Middle English *pelfe, from Old French *pelfe, *peufe, peuffe, French dial. (Norman) peufe, also Old French pelfre, peufre, French dial. peufre, spoil, frippery; Cf pelfrer, pelfer, pelfir, also pilfeier, despoil, pillage; apparently connected with piller, rob (later English pill), but the second syllable is not explained. Cf. pelfry, pilfer.
 

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/pɛlf/
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