pelf

Noun

Synonyms: boodle bread cabbage clams dinero dough gelt kale lettuce lolly lucre loot

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

informal terms for moneySynonyms: boodle bread cabbage clams dinero dough gelt kale lettuce lolly lucre loot moolah scratch shekels simoleons sugar wampum

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pelf \Pelf\ (p[e^]lf), n. [OE. pelfir booty, OF. pelfre, akin to pelfrer to plunder, and perh. to E. pillage. Cf. Pilfer.] Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural. "Mucky pelf." --Spenser. "Paltry pelf." --Burke. [1913 Webster]

Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry? --Fuller. [1913 Webster]