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caboodle

American  
[kuh-bood-l] / kəˈbud l /

noun

Informal.

  1. the lot, pack, or crowd.

    I have no use for the whole caboodle.

idioms

  1. kit and caboodle, kit.

caboodle British  
/ kəˈbuːdəl /

noun

  1. informal a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle )

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caboodle More Idioms  

  1. see whole kit and caboodle.

Etymology

Origin of caboodle

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; perhaps ca- + boodle

Example Sentences

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Paramount is offering $30 for the whole caboodle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

People are fleeing Tesla’s stock at rates that far exceed other stocks or the index funds that track that whole kit and caboodle.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

That is until they worm their way into the lives of the wealthy Park family, getting jobs as their caboodle of servicepeople.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

Mac would perform large excerpts at concerts, then on Oct. 8-9, 2016, did the whole caboodle as an ultramarathon of 246 songs.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

There was dead silence until—boom!—a huge thunderbolt clattered overhead and the whole kit and caboodle made a beeline out of there.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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