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caboodle

[ kuh-bood-l ]

/ kəˈbud l /

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noun Informal.

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

Idioms for caboodle

kit and caboodle. kit¹(def 10).

Origin of caboodle

1840–50, Americanism; perhaps ca- + boodle

Words nearby caboodle

cabo rojo, cabob, caboched, cabochon, caboclo, caboodle, caboose, cabora bassa, caboshed, cabot, cabot strait

Example sentences from the Web for caboodle

The whole pack and caboodle are chasing me in a nightmare every time I go to sleep.

The Landloper |Holman Day
The girls are the worst of the caboodle, though some of 'em aren't bad looking.

It Happened in Egypt |C. N. Williamson
S'pose you do it, and paddle round outside o' the reef and board the yacht, the whole kit and caboodle of ye.

Pirates' Hope |Francis Lynde
Ill sell you the whole kit and caboodle in the car and out of it for twenty-five dollars.

Ralph, the Train Dispatcher |Allen Chapman

"Looks to me as if 'Earty and the bull and the whole bloomin' caboodle'll come over together," muttered Bindle.

Mrs. Bindle |Hebert Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for caboodle

caboodle

/ (kəˈbuːdəl) /

noun

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

Word Origin for caboodle

C19: probably contraction of kit 1 and boodle

Idioms and Phrases with caboodle

caboodle

see whole kit and caboodle.