Synonyms for pelf
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pelf |
| Phonetic Transcription : pɛlf |
Définition of pelf
Origin :- mid-14c., "stolen goods," from Anglo-French pelf, Old French pelfre "booty, spoils" (11c.), of unknown origin; also see pilfer. Meaning "money, riches," with a pejorative overtone first recorded c.1500.
- noun money
- The plaudits of the world sought not, but scorned its praise and pelf.
- Extract from : « Gleams of Sunshine » by Joseph Horatio Chant
- All the laurel and the glory of these seeds I sell for pelf.
- Extract from : « Cobwebs from a Library Corner » by John Kendrick Bangs
- He declared that these so-called developers came for pelf, not patriotism.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
- The pelf and the jewels will they revive his father who had fallen by his hand?
- Extract from : « The Weird Orient » by Henry Iliowizi
- This brought him pelf, but, alas for his greed, the pelf came slowly.
- Extract from : « Mount Rainier » by Various
- He had sold their fathers for pelf, why not sell the sons also?
- Extract from : « Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada » by J. Harold Putnam
- The pelf and trinkets that she had upon her Were not demanded.D.
- Extract from : « Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III » by M. Y. Halidom (pseud. Dryasdust)
- The ruling passion of the age: worship of self and worship of pelf.
- Extract from : « Wise or Otherwise » by Lydia Leavitt
- She cares for no "cause" but her own cause of ease and pelf.
- Extract from : « The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) » by Ida Husted Harper
- Total Depravity: The greatest idea for the acquisition of power and pelf ever devised.
- Extract from : « The Roycroft Dictionary » by Elbert Hubbard
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