Antonyms for boodle


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bood-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbud l


Definition of boodle

Origin :
  • 1833, "crowd;" 1858, "phony money," especially "graft money," actual or potential (1883), both American English slang, either or both based on bundle, or from Dutch boedel "property."
  • verb cheat
Example sentences :
  • Well, I've reason to think the Mayor was in on it—and Burke—for no end of boodle.
  • Extract from : « A Woman for Mayor » by Helen M. Winslow
  • Mankind is prone to look at the brighter stars of birth and boodle.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • These three stars of Brains, Birth and Boodle, are three aristocracies.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • The measure of a man is his brain and not his birth or his boodle.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • The aristocracy of boodle is the slimmest aristocracy of all.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • In business the aristocracy of birth or the aristocracy of boodle is a decided handicap.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • As for the rest, Boodle's is all we can promise; miserable consolation for the bow-window.
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Pete Carr 's bringing him and the boodle up to Ohadi on the morning train.
  • Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • Hand 'em back the boodle; and maybe they'll let you off light.
  • Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
  • “I wish I knowed where the old man hid his boodle,” muttered Tom.
  • Extract from : « A Cousin's Conspiracy » by Horatio Alger

Synonyms for boodle

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