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LUCRE
boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
(noun) informal terms for money
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lucre (uncountable)
Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
Synonyms
• mammon
Anagrams
• cruel, ulcer
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"cre, n. Etym: [F. lucre, L. lucrum.]
Definition: Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense. The lust of lucre and the dread of death. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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