caboodle
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8.5
- noun
- /kəˈbuːdəl/
- Informal
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todo
- The whole kit and caboodle.
- kit and caboodle
- whole caboodle
This might be their, you know, kit and caboodle.
- This might be their, you know, kit and caboodle.
- Look, I have a caboodle, like an old school nineties caboodle.
Examples
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Which means the whole kit and caboodle.
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I tell you, Alvin, I'll give you 50 United States dollars for the whole caboodle.
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I'll give you a check for the whole caboodle, all right?
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"The whole kit and caboodle," he says.
Fiction book (1994) -
Lot of good cops want to drop the whole kit and caboodle.
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The whole kit 'n' caboodle.
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Sky, earth, the whole kit and caboodle.
Academic text (1998) -
It should not be too difficult to get a few countries to put the whole caboodle online.
Blog text (24) -
She'd sold Marlcrest—the whole kit and caboodle—to a developer who planned to bulldoze the house, clear the land, and build a subdivision there.
Fiction book (1996) -
If you want to go camping, make sure you pack the whole caboodle including the tent, sleeping bags, and food.
Synonyms
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1.4
A group of similar things gathered together, like books or stamps
656
1.0
A group of people or things considered together
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3.5
A collection of different things, like books or food
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7.4
A group of different things gathered in one place
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7.7
All the things and people in a group or place
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6.7
All the things and people connected with something
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9.9
A set of things sold or used together for one price
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7.7
All the things or people involved
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9.9
A complete set of related things included together
All the things in a group or set
A pile of things gathered together
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Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Caboodle comes from an old Dutch word boedel meaning 'property' or someone's things, and English picked it up as boodle and then caboodle. A helpful way to remember it is the phrase kit and caboodle, which means the whole 'lot' or everything together.