plural caboodles
Definition of caboodle
: all the things of a group : collection sense 2, lot sense 5
decided to sell the whole caboodle [=everything] Most pension checks go out monthly. However, some plans let you receive the entire caboodle in a single lump for reinvestment elsewhere. — Playboy Vendors crouch on plastic stools beside their seafood caboodle.— Karen Coates … standard caboodle is generous: a six-speaker stereo, cruise, power locks, fog lights, 16-inche alloy wheels, …— John Phillips
—often used in the phrase the whole kit and caboodle Oh, it was agony, deciding which of those necessities to part with. But I even agreed to cram them all into one suitcase and just throw away the whole kit and kaboodle …— Mike Nichols
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The first known use of caboodle was circa 1848
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