caboodle

English

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Etymology

US slang, mid 19th century, thought to be from "kit and boodle"; "the whole boodle" is attested in the 1830s, and "the whole caboodle" in 1848.

Noun

caboodle (plural caboodles)

  1. (informal) Any large collection of things or people.

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