pelf
n. 钱财, 不义之财 [法] 不义之财, 劫掠物, 阿堵物
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1.
Money, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon.
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Rubbish, trash; specifically (British, dialectal) refuse from plants.
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Dust; fluff.
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A contemptible or useless person.
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From Late Middle English pelf, pelfe (“stolen goods, booty, spoil; forfeited property; money, riches; property; valuable object”), possibly from Anglo-Norman pelf (a variant of pelfre (“booty, loot”)) and Old French peufre (“frippery; rubbish”); further etymology uncertain, possibly a metathesis of Old French felpe, ferpe, frepe (“a rag”). The English word is perhaps related to Late Latin pelfa, pelfra, pelfrum (“forfeited or stolen goods”), Middle French peuffe and French peufe, peuffe (“old clothes; rubbish”) (Normandy), and pilfer.
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