(whole) kit and caboodle Idiom, Proverb

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kit and caboodle

everything, all the stuff, the whole shebang The canoe tipped, and it all fell in the river - kit and caboodle!

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the whole caboodle

(See kit and caboodle)

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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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caboodle

caboodle
see whole kit and caboodle, the.

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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.”

caboodle

caboodle
see whole kit and caboodle, the.

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kit and caboodle

everything, all the stuff, the accomplished shebang The canoe tipped, and it all fell in the river - kit and caboodle!

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the accomplished caboodle

(See kit and caboodle)

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Whole kit and caboodle

The accomplished kit and caboodle agency 'everything' appropriate or complex in something. ('Kaboodle' is an addition spelling.)

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whole kit and caboodle, the

whole kit and caboodle, the
Everything, every part, as in He arranged up all his gear, the accomplished kit and caboodle, and absolved out. This announcement is a redundancy, for kit has meant “a accumulating or group” back the mid-1700s (though this acceptation survives alone in the abounding argot today), and caboodle has been acclimated with the aforementioned acceptation back the 1840s. In actuality caboodle is anticipation to be a bribery of the byword kit and boodle, addition bombastic phrase, back boodle additionally meant “a collection.”

the (whole) 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 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

whole kit and caboodle, the

Everything, every part, as in He arranged up all his gear, the accomplished kit and caboodle, and absolved out. This announcement is a redundancy, for kit has meant "a accumulating or group" back the mid-1700s (though this acceptation survives alone in the abounding argot today), and caboodle has been acclimated with the aforementioned acceptation back the 1840s. In actuality caboodle is anticipation to be a bribery of the byword kit and boodle, addition bombastic phrase, back boodle additionally meant "a collection." Learn more: and, 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

kit and caboodle

(ˈkɪt næ kəˈbudlæ) n. everything; all genitalia and property. (Often with whole.) I appetite you out of here—kit and caboodle—by noon. She confused in to stay, kit and caboodle. Learn more: and, caboodle, kit

the (whole) kit and caboodle

Informal The absolute accumulating or lot.Learn more: and, caboodle, kit

kit and caboodle, (the whole)

Everything; all of it. Several writers brainstorm that caboodle comes from the Dutch boedel, meaning a ample quantity, admitting kit has continued meant a set of accoutrement or accessories for a specific purpose, such as a apparatus kit or architecture kit. However, the OED maintains that caboodle is a bribery of kit and boodle, and gives quotations for whole caboodle (1838), kit and burden (1852), kit and baking (1859), and finally, the hul kit and boodle (1861). They all meant the aforementioned thing—“the lot.”Learn more: and, kit

kit and caboodle

The absolute thing. A “kit” is a accumulating of items, such as a apparatus kit or a bed-making kit. “Caboodle,” comes from “boodle,” is a accumulating of people. This 19th-century byword was frequently misheard as “kitten caboodle,” causing the mishearer to attending about for a adolescent feline.Learn more: and, caboodle, kit

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