Boodle

Origin of: Boodle

Boodle

Boodle is originally American colloquial for a large quantity, especially money with the connotation of graft or illegal money. It dates from the early 1600s and American etymological sources maintain the origin is Dutch boedel, meaning property, inheritance or possessions. The word is also popular in South Africa where it means money or wealth and may of course derive from the same Dutch etymological source. See also Kit and caboodle.