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
Ken S. Huang Memphis The whole world is so rotten with reverence for pelf, one is not surprised to see a work of art esteemed only for its cash value.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still not completely sure what pelf is, the owners have put him in charge of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charlie followed as a glazier, repaired the windows, reaped comedy pelf.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, they cannot know That my toil through heat, through tempest and snow, While it seemed for naught but a struggle for pelf, Was more for them, far more, than myself.
From The Comstock Club by Goodwin, Charles Carroll
Vocabulary lists containing pelf
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 1
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 1
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Society and Solitude
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