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caboodle

[kuh-bood-l]
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noun Informal.
  1. the lot, pack, or crowd: I have no use for the whole caboodle.
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Idioms
  1. kit and caboodle. kit1(def 10).
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Origin of caboodle

1840–50, Americanism; perhaps ca- + boodle
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Examples from the Web for caboodle

Historical Examples

  • The girls are the worst of the caboodle, though some of 'em aren't bad looking.

    It Happened in Egypt

    C. N. Williamson

  • The whole pack and caboodle are chasing me in a nightmare every time I go to sleep.

    The Landloper

    Holman Day

  • They only had to wait a couple of hours and the whole kit and caboodle would have been dumped in their laps.

  • S'pose you do it, and paddle round outside o' the reef and board the yacht, the whole kit and caboodle of ye.

    Pirates' Hope

    Francis 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 Placer

    Randall Parrish

British Dictionary definitions for caboodle

caboodle

noun
  1. 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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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Idioms and Phrases with caboodle

caboodle

see whole kit and caboodle.

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