boodle
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle (in the sense of "house").
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈbuːdəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːdəl
Noun
[edit]boodle (countable and uncountable, plural boodles)
- (slang) Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
- around 1900, O. Henry, According to Their Lights
- He was your 'man higher up' when you were on the force. His share of the boodle passed through your hands. You must go on the stand and testify against him.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- […] marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment’s notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garotted.
- around 1900, O. Henry, According to Their Lights
- (US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
- January 4 1833, Jack Downing, letter to Ephraim Downing[1]:
- He pulled off his coat and threw it down, and declared he'd fight the whole boodle of 'em
- (US, slang, West Point) Candy and snacks.
- 1986, The Parent's Guidebook to West Point, page 62:
- Send the first boodle in an airtight container so that there is a place for the storage of future packages […] Suggestions for Boodle: cookies, candy, individual packets of drink mixes (sugar-free), raisins, nuts, gum.
Synonyms
[edit]- (money): See Thesaurus:money
- (illegally acquired money): dirty money, black money See Thesaurus:booty
- (whole collection): kit and caboodle
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[edit]Translations
[edit]Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag
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Verb
[edit]boodle (third-person singular simple present boodles, present participle boodling, simple past and past participle boodled)
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