pelfray
English
Alternative forms
- pelfry
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛlfɹi/, /ˈpɛlfɹeɪ/
Noun
pelfray (uncountable)
- (obsolete) pelf (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete, figuratively) 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
- a. 1556, Thomas Cranmer, An Answer to a Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation devised by Stephen Gadiner
References
pelfray in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Palfrey, palfrey