the whole caboodle

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.

See also: and, caboodle, kit

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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.

See also: and, caboodle, kit, whole

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

the whole caboodle

BRITISH, AMERICAN or

the whole kit and caboodle

BRITISH

If 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'.

See also: caboodle, whole

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

the whole caboodle (or the whole kit and caboodle)

the whole lot. informal

Caboodle may come from the Dutch word boedel meaning ‘possessions’.

See also: caboodle, whole

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the ˌwhole caˈboodle

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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’.

See also: caboodle, whole

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