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Bodle vs Boodle - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between bodle and boodle

is that bodle is a former scottish copper coin of less value than a bawbee, worth about one-sixth of an english penny while boodle is money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.

bodle

English

Alternative forms

* boddle

Noun

(wikipedia bodle) (en noun)
  • A former Scottish copper coin of less value than a bawbee, worth about one-sixth of an English penny.

    • boodle

    English

    (wikipedia boodle)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
  • *around 1900 , O. Henry,
    • He was your 'man higher up' when you were on the force. His share of the boodle passed through your hands. You must go on the stand and testify against him.
  • * 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses ,
    • marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment’s notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garotted.
  • (US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
    • (Bartlett)

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