boodle
the lot, pack, or crowd: Send the whole boodle back to the factory.
a large quantity of something, especially money: He's worth a boodle.
a bribe or other illicit payment, especially to or from a politician; graft.
stolen goods; loot; booty; swag.
to obtain money dishonestly, as by bribery or swindling.
Idioms about boodle
kit and boodle. kit1 (def. 10).
Origin of boodle
1Other words from boodle
- boodler, noun
Words Nearby boodle
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How to use boodle in a sentence
It really ain't safe for such pilgrims t' be cavortin' over the prairies with all that boodle in their jeans.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairSamoa and the Samoans for children (letters to Miss boodle on), xxv.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThe idlers at "boodle's" can neither sneer at a "msalliance," nor hint at the "faiblesse" of an "elderly gentleman."
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James LeverI'm the real thing—a good old Cotton-Petticoat—birth, breeding and boodle.
Ptomaine Street | Carolyn WellsBut it had like to have cost the nursery-maid (a Swiss girl that Fitz-boodle hired somewhere in his travels) her place.
The Fitz-Boodle Papers | William Makepeace Thackeray
British Dictionary definitions for boodle
/ (ˈbuːdəl) slang /
money or valuables, esp when stolen, counterfeit, or used as a bribe
mainly US another word for caboodle
to give or receive money corruptly or illegally
Origin of boodle
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