Monday 4th April 2016
Boodle \ [bood-l] Slang.
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), boodled, boodling.
5.to obtain money dishonestly, as by bribery or swindling.
Idioms
6.
kit and boodle. kit
Quote
He would like to have the whole boodle of them…
Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table 1858
Origin
Boodle is an Americanism. It may be related to the Dutch word boedel, which
means "property."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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