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caboodle

[kuh-bood-l]

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noun Informal.

the lot, pack, or crowd: I have no use for the whole caboodle.

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Idiom

kit and caboodle. kit¹ (def. 10).

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; perhaps ca- + boodle

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caboodle (kəˈbuːd^əl)

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

[C19: probably contraction of kit¹ and boodle]

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Word Origin & History

caboodle

c.1848, see kit.

American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

caboodle

see whole kit and caboodle.