the (whole) kit and caboodle
All the parts of a group of things. I had a collection I'd been putting together for nearly 25 years, and burglars stole the whole kit and caboodle. John has some awesome camping gear, and he let us borrow the whole kit and caboodle for the weekend.
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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 linen—the whole kit and caboodle. The salesman managed to sell John the whole kit and caboodle.
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the whole caboodle
BRITISH, AMERICAN or the whole kit and caboodle
BRITISHIf you talk about
the whole caboodle or
the whole kit and caboodle, you mean the whole of something.
You can borrow the tent and equipment — the whole caboodle — if you like. They have financed the whole kit and caboodle. Note: The usual American expression is
the whole ball of wax or
the whole enchilada. Note: `Caboodle' may come from the Dutch word `boedal', meaning `property'.
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the whole caboodle (or the whole kit and caboodle)
the whole lot. informal Caboodle may come from the Dutch word boedel meaning ‘possessions’.
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the ˌwhole caˈboodle
, the ˌwhole kit and caˈboodle
everything: I had new clothes, a new hairstyle — the whole caboodle.This idiom originally came from the Dutch word boedel, meaning ‘possessions’.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017