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boodlings

boodlings is the plural of boodling.

Meaning of boodling

Noun

boodling (countable and uncountable, plural boodlings)

  1. (US, dated, informal) political corruption involving money; bribery
    • “This boodling was worth a hundred thousand pounds a year to the city,” they wrote.2009 April 22, Jim Dwyer, “When the City Held Pirates in High Regard”, in New York Times

Questions about boodlings

What is boodlings the plural of?
Boodlings is the plural of boodling.

Words near boodlings in the dictionary

  1. boodlerism
  2. boodlers
  3. boodlery
  4. boodles
  5. boodling
  6. boodlings
  7. Boodram
  8. Boodrams
  9. boody
  10. boodying
  11. Booe

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