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kit and caboodle en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

From kit + boodle.

Meanings

  1. (US, not-comparable) All together; as one.
    • After burying Hiram she packed them up kit and caboodle and moved them to Tuskegee, the nearest big city, so she could find work. 2009, Scharlie R. Martin, Mayhem and Mischief Most Foul, page 161:
    • 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.
    • Lincoln moved its corporate headquarters, kit and caboodle, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Philadelphia in 1998. 2000 October, Working Mother, page 132:

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kit and caboodle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From kit + boodle.

Meanings

  1. Everything entirely, the whole lot.
    • Aye, you could sell your kit and caboodle, and really see New Orleans! 1951, Holling Clancy Holling, Minn of the Mississippi, published 1979, page 65:
    • “[…]There′ll be a kit and caboodle of our people waiting to set out." 1930, Kenneth Roberts, Arundel, published 1995, page 153:
    • 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. 1988, Susan DeMarco, Jim Hightower, A Populist Prescription for Prosperity: Mother Jones, page 56:

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kit and kaboodle alternative lexicographic
whole kit and caboodle alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

kit and caboodle · everytang · whole shebang · lock · full monty · whole shooting match · whole enchilada · hook · whole smash · the whole nine yards · whole package · bag and baggage · whole shitting match · everything under the sun · line and sinker · stock and barrel · whole ball of wax · all the marbles · everything but the galley stove · whole hog · the works · whole kit and caboodle · the whole bang shoot · everything but the kitchen sink