pelf

PRONUNCIATION: (pelf)

MEANING: noun: Money or wealth, especially when acquired in a dishonorable manner.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French pelfre (booty), which also gave us the word pilfer. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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peaf - a French chanteuse, also called "the Little Sparrow" (la Môme)

p.e. elf - a gym rat of a pixie

pelft - pyslexic Dutch earthenware