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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pelf

/(pĕlf)/ · IPA /pɛlf/
01 n. Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.
  1. 1.
    Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural.
    “Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry?” Fuller.