boodle

boo·dle  (bdl)

n. Slang

1.

a. Money, especially counterfeit money.

b. Money accepted as a bribe.

2. Stolen goods; swag.

3. A crowd of people; caboodle.

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[Dutch boedel, estate, from Middle Dutch bdel; see bheu- in Indo-European roots.]

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boodle

Noun

Slang money or valuables, esp. when stolen, counterfeit, or used as a bribe [Dutch boedel possessions]

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Boodle all of one’s possessions; a disorderly mass; a crowd; a lot; stock in trade; capital.

Example: whole kit and boodle, 1625.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	boodle - informal terms for money             clams, dinero, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, loot, dough, bread, cabbage, sugar, scratch money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
	2.	boodle - a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card stops, Newmarket, Chicago, Michigan card game, cards - a game played with playing cards