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Pelf - Word of the Day - Sat Aug 8, 2020

Myr

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Pelf - (noun) - money, riches

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Those fine people that tell us money isn't everything, are often swimming in pelf themselves and just don't want you to experience the joy of swimming in it.

 

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Interesting derivation from the Anglo-French pelfre, meaning booty or stolen goods. This word is also the ancestor of pilfer.

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Cia
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Okay, I've heard of many of the words you use, but this one was completely new to me!

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