kit and caboodle
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kit and caboodle
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From kit + boodle.
noun kit and kaboodle · whole kit and caboodle
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Everything entirely, the whole lot.
“[…]There′ll be a kit and caboodle of our people waiting to set out."
Similar: all the marbles, bag and baggage, everytang, everything but the galley stove, everything but the kitchen sink, everything under the sun, full monty, hook, line and sinker, kit and caboodle, lock, stock and barrel
adverb kit and kaboodle · whole kit and caboodle
- All together; as one. 1954, Gordon Allport, cited in 2005, Steven J. Bartlett, The Pathology Of Man: A Study Of Human Evil, page 243, If I can put the Catholics into another category and reject them kit and caboodle, my life is further simplified.
Talk about this word "kit and caboodle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kit%20and%20caboodle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. kit and caboodle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kit%20and%20caboodle "kit and caboodle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kit%20and%20caboodle.Cite this
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