Boodle

For the Simon Templar short story collection of this title by Leslie Charteris, see Boodle (The Saint). For the London gentlemen's club, see Boodle's

Boodle, a slang term for money derived from the Dutch word 'boedel' meaning property or estate.[1][2]
Afrikaans inherited the word 'boedel' and its meaning from the Dutch, which probably accounts for the widespread use of 'boodle' for money amongst English speaking South Africans.

References

  1. ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/boodle
  2. ↑ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boodle
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