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pelfry

pelfry is the alternative form of pelfray.

Meaning of pelfray

Noun

pelfray (uncountable)

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

Forms of pelfry

pluralpelfries

Questions about pelfry

What is pelfry the alternative form of?
Pelfry is the alternative form of pelfray.

Words near pelfry in the dictionary

  1. pelfish
  2. pelfray
  3. Pelfrey
  4. Pelfreys
  5. pelfries
  6. pelfry
  7. pelfs
  8. pelham
  9. pelhams
  10. pelican
  11. pelican crossing

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