Complete Definition of "kit and caboodle"

English

Alternative spellings
kit and kaboodle

Etymology
From MD. term|kitte||a wooden vessel made of hooped staves|langdum and term|boodle, which may come from D. term|boedel|property, estate|langnl.

Noun
en-noun|sg=kit and caboodle|-

  1. idiom everything entirely, the whole lot.

#:When the gathering was over, they packed all the remnants, kit and caboodle, into the truck and drove off.

References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary|kit

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