kit and caboodle Idiom, Proverb
kit and caboodle
everything, all the stuff, the whole shebang The canoe tipped, and it all fell in the river - kit and caboodle!
Whole kit and caboodle
The whole kit and caboodle means 'everything' required or involved in something. ('Kaboodle' is an alternative spelling.)
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.”
kit and caboodle
All the genitalia of a accumulation of things. The byword "the accomplished kit and caboodle" is generally used. 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 kit and caboodle for the weekend.Learn more: and, caboodle, kitthe 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 the (whole) kit and caboodle
Informal The absolute accumulating or lot.Learn more: and, caboodle, kit