Category:Pelf

Pelf, n. Etym: [oe. pelfir booty, of. pelfre, akin to pelfrer to Plunder, and perh. to e. pillage. Cf. Pilfer.]

Defn: 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.