Definition of Boodie

1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of body) ¹

2. Noun. (Scotland) A hobgoblin.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged''. Merriam-Webster, 2002. (17 Aug 2011) ¹

3. Noun. (Australia) A species of bettong, ''Bettongia lesueur''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boodie

1. a type of rat-kangaroo [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boodie

booby hatch
booby prize
booby prizes
booby trap
booby traps
boobyish
boobyism
boobyisms
boobytrap
boobytrapped
boobytrapping
boobytraps
boocoo
boocoos
booder
boodie (current term)
boodied
boodies
boodle
boodled
boodler
boodlers
boodles
boodling
boody
boodying
booed
booer
booers
boof

Literary usage of Boodie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Babyhood: Devoted Exclusively to the Care of Infants and Young Children (1887)
"I resolved that the next stranger that came to the house should represent the " boodie Man." Then, whenever he spoke of it, I assured him that I knew the ..."

2. The Folk-lore Journal by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"By-and-bye the fern seed seeker met, riding on a cripple cow, a man in appearance, but in truth •' the boodie," ie the devil. He was questioned if he had ..."

3. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (1902)
"The boodie Brae in Lonmay. It lay between the farms of ... The farmer of Middletown was familiarly known as “boodie.” It was believed to be haunted by ..."

4. The Book of Ellon by Alexander Inkson McConnochie (1901)
"Ye ken hoo about last Hallow Mass a deid bairn wes gotten in a cairn o' stanes, amo' the boodie Knaps, an* hoo there could be nae licht gotten aboot it, ..."

5. Babyhood: Devoted Exclusively to the Care of Infants and Young Children (1887)
"I resolved that the next stranger that came to the house should represent the " boodie Man." Then, whenever he spoke of it, I assured him that I knew the ..."

6. The Folk-lore Journal by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"By-and-bye the fern seed seeker met, riding on a cripple cow, a man in appearance, but in truth •' the boodie," ie the devil. He was questioned if he had ..."

7. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (1902)
"The boodie Brae in Lonmay. It lay between the farms of ... The farmer of Middletown was familiarly known as “boodie.” It was believed to be haunted by ..."

8. The Book of Ellon by Alexander Inkson McConnochie (1901)
"Ye ken hoo about last Hallow Mass a deid bairn wes gotten in a cairn o' stanes, amo' the boodie Knaps, an* hoo there could be nae licht gotten aboot it, ..."

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