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Definition of Boodlers
1. boodler [n] - See also: boodler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boodlers
Literary usage of Boodlers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fun in a Doctor's Life by Shobal Vail Clevenger (1908)
"WITH CHICAGO boodlers. Upon leaving the government land surveying work, it was
with a feeling of thankfulness that in medicine there could be no contact ..."
2. In it by Hiram C. Whitley (1894)
"... was a reign of terror in the hearts of the criminal classes during my service
as Chief of the Secret Service. was a rei A GANG OF boodlers ENTRAPPED. ..."
3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"The boodlers, on their part, refused to let the box be opened for the purpose of
permitting the money to be returned to Mr. Turner; they declared they had ..."
4. The Industrial Republic: A Study of the America of Ten Years Hence by Upton Sinclair (1907)
"Committees from Chicago would come to St. Louis to find out what 'new games' the St.
Louis boodlers had, and they gave the St. Louisans hints as to how they ..."
5. A Woman for Mayor: A Novel of To-day by Helen Maria Winslow, Reilly & Britton Co (1909)
"... XIX THE boodlers SCORE WEEK later, there was a meeting of the city council,
at the mayor's office, called by the chairman of the board of aldermen, ..."
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