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单词 pelf
释义 pelf
\ˈpelf\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French pelfre booty
1.
 a. archaic : property, belongings
  < providing them weapon and other like pelf — Thomas Tusser >
 b. : money, riches, wealth
  < let him disenslave himself from the pelf of the world — Robert South >
  < looked on him as an asset to earn us pelf or glory — John Galsworthy >
2. chiefly Britain
 a. : trash, refuse
 b. dialect chiefly Britain : compost
3. dialect Britain : good-for-nothing
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