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Noun: pelf  pelf
Usage: archaic
  1. Informal term for money
    - boodle, bread, cabbage [US], clams [US], dinero [N. Amer], dough, gelt, kale [US], lettuce [US], lolly [Brit], lucre, loot, moolah [N. Amer], scratch, shekels, simoleons [US], sugar, wampum [N. Amer], wonga [Brit], brass [Brit], moola [N. Amer], mazuma [US], dosh [Brit]

Derived forms: pelfs

Type of: money

Encyclopedia: Pelf

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