Complete Definition of "boodle"

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Etymology
Dutch boedel.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'bu:d�l/

Noun
boodle

  1. money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag

#:*1922: (...) marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment�s notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garotted. � James Joyce, Ulysses
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