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boodle

[ bood-l ]

noun

  1. the lot, pack, or crowd:

    Send the whole boodle back to the factory.

  2. a large quantity of something, especially money:

    He's worth a boodle.

  3. a bribe or other illicit payment, especially to or from a politician; graft.
  4. stolen goods; loot; booty; swag.


verb (used without object)

, boo·dled, boo·dling.
  1. to obtain money dishonestly, as by bribery or swindling.

boodle

/ ˈbuːdəl /

noun

  1. money or valuables, esp when stolen, counterfeit, or used as a bribe
  2. another word for caboodle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to give or receive money corruptly or illegally
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • boodler noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of boodle1

1615–25, Americanism; < Dutch boedel property
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Word History and Origins

Origin of boodle1

C19: from Dutch boedel all one's possessions, from Old Frisian bōdel movable goods, inheritance; see caboodle
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. kit and boodle. kit 1( def 10 ).
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Example Sentences

It really ain't safe for such pilgrims t' be cavortin' over the prairies with all that boodle in their jeans.

Samoa and the Samoans for children (letters to Miss Boodle on), xxv.

The idlers at "Boodle's" can neither sneer at a "msalliance," nor hint at the "faiblesse" of an "elderly gentleman."

I'm the real thing—a good old Cotton-Petticoat—birth, breeding and boodle.

But it had like to have cost the nursery-maid (a Swiss girl that Fitz-Boodle hired somewhere in his travels) her place.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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