boodle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun informal terms for money
    moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
  2. noun 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
    Michigan; Newmarket; stops; Chicago.

WordNet

Boo"dle noun
Etymology
Origin uncertain.
Definitions
  1. The whole collection or lot; caboodle. Low, U. S. Bartlett.
  2. Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. Polit. slang, U. S.

Webster 1913