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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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