Whole kit and caboodle Idiom, Proverb

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Whole kit and caboodle

The whole kit and caboodle means 'everything' required or involved in something. ('Kaboodle' is an alternative spelling.)

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whole kit and caboodle, the

whole kit and caboodle, the
Everything, every part, as in He packed up all his gear, the whole kit and caboodle, and walked out. This expression is a redundancy, for kit has meant “a collection or group” since the mid-1700s (though this meaning survives only in the full idiom today), and caboodle has been used with the same meaning since the 1840s. In fact caboodle is thought to be a corruption of the phrase kit and boodle, another redundant phrase, since boodle also meant “a collection.”

the accomplished kit and caboodle

All the genitalia of a accumulation of things. I had a accumulating I'd been putting calm for about 25 years, and burglars blanket the accomplished kit and caboodle. John has some alarming camping gear, and he let us borrow the accomplished kit and caboodle for the weekend.Learn more: and, caboodle, kit, whole

whole kit and caboodle

Inf. a accumulation of pieces of accessories or belongings. (The chat caboodle is acclimated alone in this expression.) When I bought Bob's motorhome, I got furniture, refrigerator, and linen—the accomplished kit and caboodle. The salesman managed to advertise John the accomplished kit and caboodle.Learn more: and, caboodle, kit, whole

the accomplished caboodle

BRITISH, AMERICAN or

the accomplished kit and caboodle

BRITISHIf you allocution about the accomplished caboodle or the accomplished kit and caboodle, you beggarly the accomplished of something. You can borrow the covering and accessories — the accomplished caboodle — if you like. They accept financed the accomplished kit and caboodle. Note: The accepted American announcement is the accomplished brawl of wax or the accomplished enchilada. Note: `Caboodle' may appear from the Dutch chat `boedal', acceptation `property'. Learn more: caboodle, whole

the accomplished caboodle (or the accomplished kit and caboodle)

the accomplished lot. informal Caboodle may appear from the Dutch chat boedel acceptation ‘possessions’.Learn more: caboodle, whole

the ˌwhole caˈboodle

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the ˌwhole kit and caˈboodle

everything: I had new clothes, a new hairstyle — the accomplished caboodle.This argot originally came from the Dutch chat boedel, acceptation ‘possessions’.Learn more: caboodle, whole

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