caboodle
[kuh-bood-l]
- the lot, pack, or crowd: I have no use for the whole caboodle.
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- kit and caboodle. kit1(def 10).
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Origin of caboodle
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Historical Examples
The girls are the worst of the caboodle, though some of 'em aren't bad looking.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
The whole pack and caboodle are chasing me in a nightmare every time I go to sleep.
The LandloperHolman Day
They only had to wait a couple of hours and the whole kit and caboodle would have been dumped in their laps.
Generals Help ThemselvesM. C. Pease
S'pose you do it, and paddle round outside o' the reef and board the yacht, the whole kit and caboodle of ye.
Pirates' HopeFrancis Lynde
Why, I wouldn't give a snap of my fingers fer the whole kit and caboodle of ye, you low-down, sneakin' parcel o' thieves.
Bob Hampton of PlacerRandall Parrish
caboodle
- informal a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
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Word Origin
C19: probably contraction of kit 1 and boodle
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Word Origin and History for caboodle
n.
c.1848, see kit.
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Idioms and Phrases with caboodle
caboodle
see whole kit and caboodle.
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