PELF
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
pelf (uncountable)
Money; riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired (compare lucre).
Synonyms
• (money): See Thesaurus:money
• (gain): See Thesaurus:acquisition
• (dishonestly acquired gains): See Thesaurus:booty
Source: Wiktionary
Pelf, n. Etym: [OE. pelfir booty, OF. pelfre, akin to pelfrer to
plunder, and perh. to E. pillage. Cf. Pilfer.]
Definition: Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of
something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural. "Mucky pelf."
Spenser. "Paltry pelf." Burke.
Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition