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
With a slight fraction of this pelf he combed sandlot, high school, college, obscure league; purchased the economical services of several bright-faced lads; settled to the business of developing another winning team.
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Most taxpayers also approve of withholding as a relatively painless way of parting with their pelf.
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Shrewd, they have reaped pelf from advertising sales.
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Intrigue was the breath of his nostrils, and although he had made thousands of pounds by helping rich refugees out of the country, he was really more interested in politics than pelf.
From Caught by the Turks by Yeats-Brown, Francis
Vocabulary lists containing pelf
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