pelfray
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛlfɹi/, /ˈpɛlfɹeɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛlfɹi
Noun
pelfray (uncountable)
- (obsolete) pelf (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete, figurative) rubbish; trash
- a. 1556, Thomas Cranmer, An Answer to a Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation devised by Stephen Gadiner:
- beads, pardons, pilgrimages, and such other pelfray
References
“pelfray”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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