boodle
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- noun
- /ˈbuːdəl/
- Archaic
:
pasta
- He won a large amount of boodle at the casino last night.
Examples
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I'm not leaving a case full of boodle out there, okay?
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The university never got its observatory, and the relatives split the boodle among themselves.
Fiction book (1994) -
Because this kid here has got the boodle.
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We're getting plenty of boodle.
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I think you might owe me a bit of extra boodle, eh?
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You can forget the boodle, Eddie.
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I'm going for the boodle.
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Most of your cash comes from City Hall boodle, and there's plenty of that, I hear.
Fiction book (1993) -
We don't want no more of this, we want our boodle!
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The fundraiser brought in a significant amount of boodle for the charity.
Synonyms
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9.4
A slang word for money
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8.6
An informal word for money that people use
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8.3
Informal name for money used to buy things
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4.4
Things stolen from shops during chaos
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An informal word for money
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7.1
A large amount of money
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9.9
Money in the form of cash or paper bills
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9.9
Money you use to buy things
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9.9
A slang word for money, often cash
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9.0
An informal, playful word for money from Spanish
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9.9
Money you can hold, like bills or coins
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9.9
Informal word for money, often meaning cash
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9.9
Money in cash that people use to buy things
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9.9
Money gained in a dishonest or unfair way
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9.9
An informal word for money, especially dollars
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An informal name for money someone has to spend
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An informal word for money
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9.9
Cash or coins that someone has
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Small amounts of money
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An informal word for money
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Money gained by dishonest or shameful means
A playful word children use to mean money
Informal British word for money, especially cash
Paper money and coins that you can spend
Different funds from separate sources used in legal or formal situations
Cash you keep for immediate use
A very large amount of money
Money that people use to buy things
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Etymology
Boodle for money probably comes from an old word for someone's property, like Dutch boedel, and it also sounds like English booty ('loot'). A helpful way to remember it is to think of a suitcase or pile of cash, because to have the boodle is to have the money.