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Thread #82650 Message #3243626
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
23-Oct-11 - 03:34 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Add: A-Begging We Will Go
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: A-Begging We Will Go
pelf = money, goods, gear. The implications changed at various times. Early on it meant spoils, later it could mean money as in filthy-lucre. Later just money. Partridge gives the slang meaning as ill-gotten gains.