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boodle
Boodle is a slang term for money derived from the Dutch word 'boedel' meaning property or estate.〔http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/boodle〕〔http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boodle〕 Afrikaans inherited the word and its meaning from the Dutch, which probably accounts for its widespread use for money amongst English-speaking South Africans.
In a different context, "boodle jails" were jails in the United States, predominantly during the nineteenth century, in which a tramp or hobo could make an illicit arrangement with a law enforcement officer to stay in the jail without being an actual prisoner.〔Partridge, E. (1968), ''A Dictionary of the Underworld: British and American'', George Allen & Unwin, p.62〕 For example, between 1893 and 1899, the Welsh tramp-poet W. H. Davies took advantage of this corrupt system in order to pass the winter in Michigan, staying a series of different jails. Here, with his fellow tramps, Davies would enjoy the relative comfort of "card-playing, singing, smoking, reading, relating experiences and occasionally taking exercise or going out for a walk."〔Hockey, L. (1971), ''W. H. Davies'', University of Wales Press (on behalf of the Welsh Arts Council), p.16〕
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