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   Pelf (pĕlf), 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.
   
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   Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry? Fuller.
   
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