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caboodle

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ca·boo·dle  (k-bdl)
n. Informal
1. The lot, group, or bunch: donated the whole caboodle.
2. A crowd or collection of people.

[Alteration of boodle.]

caboodle [kəˈbuːdəl]
n
Informal a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
[probably contraction of kit1 and boodle]

Caboodle U. S. Slang, the whole amount; the lot, usually in (the whole) kit and caboodle.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.caboodle - any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Translations
caboodle [kəˈbuːdl] N the whole (kit and) caboodletodo el rollo, toda la pesca
caboodle
n (inf) the whole (kit and) caboodledas ganze Zeug(s) (inf), → der ganze Kram (inf)
caboodle [kəˈbuːdl] n (fam) the whole caboodlebaracca e burattini


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"Huh," was Billy's comment, as he went over the mite's wardrobe and came back to center on the little knit shirts, "they look more like a real kid than the whole kit an' caboodle.
I'm going to do two things: first, weigh my sack; and second, bet it that after you-all have lifted clean from the floor all the sacks of flour you-all are able, I'll put on two more sacks and lift the whole caboodle clean.
 
 
 
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