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the whole caboodle

the whole caboodle noun: everything else.

Noun

the whole caboodle

  1. (US, slang) everything else
    • When you're packing for our camping trip, don't forget the essentials. You know, deodorant, ant killer, condoms, baby wipes and the whole caboodle.
    • "'Yes, sir, these other burgs are our true partners in the great game of vital living. But let's not have any mistake about this. I claim that Zenith is the best partner and the fastest-growing partner of the whole caboodle. […]1922, Sinclair Lewis, “14”, in Babbitt

Origin of the whole caboodle

US slang, attested in 1848. From an earlier (1830s) "the whole boodle".

Questions about the whole caboodle

What does the whole caboodle mean?
The whole caboodle means everything else.
What part of speech is the whole caboodle?
The whole caboodle is a noun.

Words near the whole caboodle in the dictionary

  1. the while
  2. the whistle does not pull the train
  3. the whistle doesn't pull the train
  4. The Whiteman
  5. the whole bang shoot
  6. the whole caboodle
  7. the whole nine miles
  8. the whole nine yards
  9. the whole shop
  10. the whole while
  11. the whole world

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