Lucre
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Lucre, from the Lat. lucrum, meaning gain in terms of money or wealth.
Often it is used in a negative manner, as in the phrase “not given to filthy lucre.” from the Bible 1 Timothy 3:3.
From this, the term "the filthy" became slang for money. [1]
[edit] Uses In Fiction
- The novel The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan has a hill called Lucre where the character Demas, a deceiver, beckons to pilgrims to come and join in the supposed silver mining going on in it.
[edit] See also
- Luker
- Tim Bobbin, poet who used the phrase in his short verse, When Filthy Lucre Joins a Man and Wife
[edit] Other uses
- Filthy Lucre is a band
- Filthy Lucre Live is a live album from the Sex Pistols
- Lucre Island is a fictional island
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