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pelfray en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɛlfɹeɪ/
  • /ˈpɛlfɹi/

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) pelf
  2. (figuratively, obsolete, uncountable) rubbish; trash
    • beads, pardons, pilgrimages, and such other pelfray a. 1556, Thomas Cranmer, An Answer to a Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation devised by Stephen Gadiner:

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