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Show Origin of "Doodle." Rome of the suthorlties on slang words and exprenslons say that the word "boodle" Is derived from the Dutch, and there Is reason to suppose thst they are In the light It first came into common use In New Votg at the time of tha exposure of 'he Tweed ring, and has ever slnre kept Its place In the language as expressing express-ing something that no other word in the Kngllsh language could bring nut so well. It was also highly popu af In the days of Jake Sharp and bis henchmen , |