pelf

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

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  • It was precisely what I learnt my colleague did not do that spurred me to write this! pelf - February 29, 2008 —  Giddy Tigers
  • The Giddy Tigress * pengsans* yet again. pelf - January 17, 2008 —  Giddy Tigers
  • The Giddy Tigress says: Happy New Year to you too! pelf - December 28, 2007 —  Giddy Tigers
  • The Giddy Tigress says: Blogging has certainly helped my depleting memory! pelf - December 31, 2007 —  Giddy Tigers
  • New on pelf-ism is contagious: Little ways to save our planet —  pelf-ism is contagious
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Etymologies (2)

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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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