boodle
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle
Pronunciation
Noun
boodle (countable and uncountable, plural boodles)
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (money): See Thesaurus:money
- (illegally acquired money): See Thesaurus:booty
- (whole collection):
Translations
Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag
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