caboodle
[ kuh-bood-l ]
/ kəˈbud l /
noun Informal.
the lot, pack, or crowd: I have no use for the whole caboodle.
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Idioms for caboodle
kit and caboodle, Informal. kit1 (def. 10).
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caboodle
/ (kəˈbuːdəl) /
noun
informal a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
Word Origin for caboodle
C19: probably contraction of kit 1 and boodle
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caboodle
see whole kit and caboodle.
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