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Word entry · 6 letters

boodle

Best crossword clue

"Gambling game"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbuːdəl/Part of speech nounSorted bdelooStarts with BEnds with E2 clues
1B2O3O4D5L6E

Definitions

  1. Boodle is a gambling card game played with chips placed on selected cards.

Word origin

From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle (dialectal term meaning building or house).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • “The boodle. The reward. The £500. The gunner turned damned nasty at the last, and I had to square him with an extra hundred dollars or it would have been nitsky for you and me.
  • […] 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.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Gambling game6 letters
02Old card game6 letters

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