{the whole caboodle} or
{the whole kit and caboodle}. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Caboodle — is a customizable record keeping system for the web. Caboodle uses the Entity attribute value model for data mining and ease of use to store information. Caboodle was developed by Swink as a cost effect way for students and researchers to track… … Wikipedia
caboodle — ► NOUN (in phrase the whole caboodle or the whole kit and caboodle) informal ▪ the whole number or quantity of people or things in question. ORIGIN originally US: perhaps from the phrase kit and boodle, in the same sense … English terms dictionary
caboodle — ☆ caboodle [kə bo͞od′ l ] n. [ca , colloq. intens. prefix (< ? Ger ge ) + BOODLE] Informal lot; group [the whole caboodle] … English World dictionary
caboodle — c.1848, see KIT (Cf. kit) … Etymology dictionary
caboodle — /keuh boohd l/, n. Informal. 1. the lot, pack, or crowd: I have no use for the whole caboodle. 2. kit and caboodle. See kit1 (def. 8). [1840 50, Amer.; perh. CA + BOODLE] * * * … Universalium
caboodle — ca|boo|dle [kəˈbu:dl] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably from boodle crowd, collection, lot (19 20 centuries), from Dutch boedel property ] the whole (kit and) caboodle informal everything ▪ I think it s time to replace the whole caboodle:… … Dictionary of contemporary English
caboodle — noun (in phr. the whole caboodle or the whole kit and caboodle) informal the whole number or quantity of people or things in question. Origin C19 (orig. US): perh. from the phr. kit and boodle, in the same sense … English new terms dictionary
caboodle — noun the whole (kit and) caboodle informal everything: slash costs by abolishing the whole caboodle: ballot papers, polling booths, even town halls … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
caboodle — noun Etymology: probably from ca (intensive prefix) + boodle Date: circa 1848 collection, lot < sell the whole caboodle > … New Collegiate Dictionary
caboodle — ca|boo|dle [ kə budl ] noun the whole (kit and) caboodle INFORMAL everything … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
