boodle

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. informal terms for moneySynonyms: breadcabbageclamsdinerodoughgeltkalelettucelollylucrelootmoolahpelfscratchshekelssimoleonssugarwampum
  2. 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 cardSynonyms: MichiganChicagoNewmarketstops
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Boodle \Boo"dle\, n. [Origin uncertain.]

1.The whole collection or lot; caboodle. [Low, U. S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

2.Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. [Polit. slang, U. S.] [1913 Webster] Boogeyman

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