caboodle

noun

ca·boo·dle kə-ˈbü-dᵊl

plural caboodles

: 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

Examples of caboodle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Trimmed with luggage slats and a restraint bar, the box lands ready to support any traveling cases, haversacks, miniature steamer trunks, or other traveling caboodle carried in the cabin, but definitely not any plus-two passengers. —

Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023 Keeping the caboodle below the sills of the panoramic windows maintains excellent visibility out the tail and the right rear quarter. —

Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023 In team sports, each member splits the winnings evenly, but individuals get the whole kit and caboodle. —

Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2021 Tack on the beautiful bamboo canister, for an elevated, TSA-friendly bath time caboodle. —

Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2023 May some exalted eminence hear my plea and preserve this experience, or, at least, spirit the whole kit and caboodle — set pieces, props, costumes, orchestra, dancers, stars, da woiks — to another locale and a future life. —

Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2022 The whole kit and caboodle is simply too big to be a failure. —

Michaela Zee, Variety, 31 Aug. 2022 Growing up, my tangerine-colored caboodle was filled with snap bracelets, Lancôme Juicy Tubes, and a hair gem bedazzler that my sisters and I stamped onto each other's hair strands for middle school dances and roller rink birthday parties. —

Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 11 July 2022 That’s the obviously chilling part of the whole kit and caboodle. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 July 2022 See More

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