pelf
Example Sentences
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It borrowed until it couldn't borrow anymore to pay for a slew of programs, public employee pensions and other pelf it couldn't afford.
From US News • May 26, 2016
Marks's organization man is anybody who will not rock the boat, either from fear of being noticed or hope of future pelf.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most taxpayers also approve of withholding as a relatively painless way of parting with their pelf.
From Time Magazine Archive
You are evidently so enthralled by your mucky pelf and your self-serving stratagems that you have forgotten what your trusteeship means.
From Time Magazine Archive
My love was centred all in self: Thy love was centred all in me: True wife, above all pride and pelf, My life’s deep current flows for thee.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing pelf
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 1
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