Caboodle Definition

kə-bo͝odl
noun
Lot; group.
The whole caboodle.
Webster's New World
A crowd or collection of people.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Caboodle

Noun

Singular:
caboodle
Plural:
caboodles

Origin of Caboodle

  • 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. Recently resurrected in Fife, Scotland and published in Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals, Steps by Adamson, K. in 2011.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of boodle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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