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Boodle   Listen
noun
Boodle  n.  
1.
The whole collection or lot; caboodle. (Low, U. S.)
2.
Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. (Polit. slang, U. S.)






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"Boodle" Quotes from Famous Books



... the family cognomen is of little consequence, and is omitted, as it might give pain to worthy bosoms who are not yet irrecoverably lost. By the strict rules of Fishmongers' Hall, the members of Brookes', White's, Boodle's, the Cocoa Tree, Alfred and Travellers' clubs only are admissible; but this restriction is not always enforced, particularly where there is a chance of a good bite. The principal game played here is French Hazard, the director and friends supplying the ...
— The English Spy • Bernard Blackmantle

... morning. He thinks he'd better seek his fortune elsewhere." He leaned in heavy confidence toward Magee. "Say, young fellow," he whispered, "put me wise. That little sleight of hand game you worked last night had me dizzy. Where's the coin? Where's the girl? What's the game? Take the boodle and welcome—it ain't mine—but put me next to what's doing, so I'll know how my instalment of this serial story ought ...
— Seven Keys to Baldpate • Earl Derr Biggers

... his head, he laughs aloud, Odzounds! 'tis drear to see! "Because the Boodle-Scribbler crowd Will ...
— Black Beetles in Amber • Ambrose Bierce



Words linked to "Boodle" :   dough, lettuce, clams, sugar, newmarket, loot, whole kit and boodle, lucre, bread, scratch, card game, simoleons, cards, moolah, pelf, gelt, dinero, Michigan, money, stops, kale, kit and boodle, lolly, Chicago, cabbage, shekels



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