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caboodle
(redirected from whole kit and kaboodle)

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whole kit and caboodle
Inf. a group of pieces of equipment or belongings. (The word caboodle is used only in this expression.) When I bought Bob's motorhome, I got furniture, refrigerator, and linenthe whole kit and caboodle. The salesman managed to sell John the whole kit and caboodle.
See also: and, kit, whole

the whole (kit and) caboodle  (informal)
the whole of something, including everything that is connected with it I like everything about Christmas - the presents, the food, the carols - the whole caboodle.
See also: whole

the whole caboodle See: the whole kit and caboodle
See also: whole

the whole kit and caboodle also the whole kit ’n’ caboodle

everything We had to pack up the whole kit and caboodle before the movers arrived.
Usage notes: also used in the shorter forms the whole kit or the whole caboodle, and sometimes spelled kaboodle
See also: and, kit, whole


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