Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops
(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
boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
(noun) informal terms for money
Source: WordNet® 3.1
boodle (countable and uncountable, plural boodles)
Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
(US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
• (money): See Thesaurus:money
• (illegally acquired money): See Thesaurus:booty
• (whole collection)
• bloode, boledo, boloed
Source: Wiktionary
Boo"dle, n. Etym: [Origin uncertain.]
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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
