noun
caboodle
noun
1
(informal) An entire group or collection of things, usually in the phrase "the whole kit and caboodle."
"When they moved, they sold the whole kit and caboodle at a yard sale."
How to Use Caboodle
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEverything, the lot — almost always heard as "the whole kit and caboodle."
Common pairings
the whole kit and caboodle
Word Forms
caboodles plural
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Etymology
American slang from the mid-1800s, likely a reshaping of "kit and boodle"; "the whole boodle" is recorded from the 1830s.