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Thread #82650 Message #3243836
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
24-Oct-11 - 06:34 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Add: A-Begging We Will Go
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: A-Begging We Will Go
OED says the roots of the verb pilfer and noun pelf are related via Anglo-French, OldFrench pelfrer=to pillage, rob and Anglo-Latin pelfrare. There is also an obsolete noun pilfer, meaning that which was pilfered.