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kit and caboodle (n.)

also kaboodle, 1870, earlier kit and boodle (1855), kit and cargo (1848), according to OED from kit (n.1) in dismissive sense "number of things viewed as a whole" (1785) + boodle "lot, collection," perhaps from Dutch boedel "property." Century Dictionary compares the whole kit, of persons, "every one" (1785).

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Definitions of kit and caboodle from WordNet

kit and caboodle (n.)
everything available; usually preceded by `the';
Synonyms: whole shebang / whole kit and caboodle / whole kit and boodle / kit and boodle / whole kit / whole caboodle / whole works / works / full treatment
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