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
They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, And how one ought never to think of one's self, And how pleasures of thought surpass eating and drinking.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shrewd, they have reaped pelf from advertising sales.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pure scientists, above pelf and profit, are "the mystics of the modern world."
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a colossal example of the fact that easily gotten pelf is of no value.
From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph
Vocabulary lists containing pelf
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 1
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 1
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