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

Talented Eugene Istomin invested his pelf wisely, played with both the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic-Symphony when he was barely 17.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Since he was said to control the billion-dollar Kreuger & Toll pyramid with slightly over $250,000 key securities, Titan Kreuger's contempt for personal pelf was natural.

From Time Magazine Archive

They who are rich find it hardest to part with their pelf.

From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.