English-Thai Dictionary
pelf
N หนัง สัตว์ nang-sad
pelf
N เงิน ทรัพย์สมบัติ สิ่ง ที่ ปล้น มา money dollars coin bank notes ngen
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PELF
n.[probably allied to pilfer. ] Money; riches; but it often conveys the idea of something ill gotten or worthless. It has no plural.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PELF
Pelf, n. Etym: [OE. pelfir booty, OF. pelfre, akin to pelfrer to plunder, and perh. to E. pillage. Cf. Pilfer. ]
Defn: Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural. "Mucky pelf. " Spenser. "Paltry pelf. " Burke. Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry Fuller.
PELFISH
PELFISH Pelf "ish, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to pelf. Stanyhurst.
PELFRAY; PELFRY
PELFRAY; PELFRY Pel "fray, Pel "fry, n.
Defn: Pelf; also, figuratively, rubbish; trash. [Obs. ] Cranmer.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pelf
pelf |pelf pɛlf | ▶noun money, esp. when gained in a dishonest or dishonorable way. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘booty, pilfered property ’): from a variant of Old French pelfre ‘spoils, ’ of unknown origin. Compare with pilfer .
Oxford Dictionary
pelf
pelf |pɛlf | ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic money, especially when gained in a dishonest or dishonourable way. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘booty, pilfered property ’): from a variant of Old French pelfre ‘spoils ’, of unknown origin. Compare with pilfer .
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