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boodle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | chicago, michigan, newmarket, stops |
| Type of | card game, cards |
Examples of boodle
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The size of New Moon's boodle left the industry's box-office handicappers flummoxed.
From the time.com
Not all this boodle can have come from people who agree with his populist-lefty agenda.
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Who'd guess that a sizable amount of old-fashioned boodle was afloat?
From the signonsandiego.com
The big boodle is only one of the fight's unusual attributes.
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Since it hardly exceeds its depreciation allowance, this boodle must exceed $50 billion a year out.
From the forbes.com
And, yet, the market disdains Apple's boodle.
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The immediacy, the nearness of the boodle is an enticement that just can't be equaled by making offers over the phone.
From the businessweek.com
Apparently the Democrats are so busy handing out cash that they don't even bother paying attention to who's getting the boodle and why.
From the washingtontimes.com
Someday, like Google, it may even turn aggressive with fill-in acquisitions, using its boodle of liquid assets, some $23 billion.
From the forbes.com
- Informal terms for money
- Michigan: 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 ...
- Boodle, or boodler, was a bar-room or street term for money or booty applied by the yellow press (in 1884-1886) to members of the New York Board of Aldermen who were charged with accepting bribes in connection with the granting of a franchise for a street railroad on Broadway. ...
- Boodle is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in 1934. This was the thirteenth book to feature the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint", and the second short story collection featuring the character. ...
- Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag
- Money. There are many different interpretations of boodle meaning money, in the UK and the US. Boodle normally referred to ill-gotten gains, such as counterfeit notes or the proceeds of a robbery, and also to a roll of banknotes, although in recent times the usage has extended to all sorts of ...
- A term that refers to food of any sort. Usually the word boodle is used to refer to candy, ice cream, or pizza.
- Money: e.g., That new bloke Suze is dating has oodles of boodle.
