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English
Etymology
From kit + boodle.
Pronunciation
Noun
kit and caboodle
- Everything entirely, the whole lot. [1]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:everything
1930, Kenneth Roberts, Arundel, published 1995, page 153:“ […] There′ll be a kit and caboodle of our people waiting to set out."
1951, Holling Clancy Holling, Minn of the Mississippi, published 1979, page 65:Aye, you could sell your kit and caboodle, and really see New Orleans!
1988, Susan DeMarco, Jim Hightower, A Populist Prescription for Prosperity: Mother Jones, page 56:To have an economy that is sound and that works for all the people, Reagan′s entire “trickle-down” kit and caboodle must be tossed out behind him and replaced with an aggressive program of growth that “percolates up” from the grass roots.
Adverb
kit and caboodle (not comparable)
- (US) All together; as one.
- 1954, Gordon Allport, cited in 2005, Steven J. Bartlett, The Pathology Of Man: A Study Of Human Evil, page 243,
- If I can put the Catholics into another category and reject them kit and caboodle, my life is further simplified.
2000 October, Working Mother, page 132:Lincoln moved its corporate headquarters, kit and caboodle, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Philadelphia in 1998.
2009, Scharlie R. Martin, Mayhem and Mischief Most Foul, page 161:After burying Hiram she packed them up kit and caboodle and moved them to Tuskegee, the nearest big city, so she could find work.
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