whole kit and caboodle

the whole kit and caboodle

All the parts of a group of things. I had a collection I'd been putting together for nearly 25 years, and burglars stole the whole kit and caboodle. John has some awesome camping gear, and he let us borrow the whole kit and caboodle for the weekend.
See also: and, caboodle, kit, whole
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

whole kit and caboodle

Inf. a group of pieces of equipment or belongings. (The word caboodle is used only in this expression.) When I bought Bob's motorhome, I got furniture, refrigerator, and linen—the whole kit and caboodle. The salesman managed to sell John the whole kit and caboodle.
See also: and, caboodle, kit, whole
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

the whole caboodle

BRITISH, AMERICAN or

the whole kit and caboodle

BRITISH
If you talk about the whole caboodle or the whole kit and caboodle, you mean the whole of something. You can borrow the tent and equipment — the whole caboodle — if you like. They have financed the whole kit and caboodle. Note: The usual American expression is the whole ball of wax or the whole enchilada. Note: `Caboodle' may come from the Dutch word `boedal', meaning `property'.
See also: caboodle, whole
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

the whole caboodle (or the whole kit and caboodle)

the whole lot. informal
Caboodle may come from the Dutch word boedel meaning ‘possessions’.
See also: caboodle, whole
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

the ˌwhole caˈboodle

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the ˌwhole kit and caˈboodle

everything: I had new clothes, a new hairstyle — the whole caboodle.This idiom originally came from the Dutch word boedel, meaning ‘possessions’.
See also: caboodle, whole
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • kaboodle
  • the whole caboodle
  • the whole kit and caboodle
  • whole kit and caboodle, the
  • caboodle
  • kit and caboodle
  • the kit and caboodle
  • kit and caboodle, (the whole)
  • steal out of some place
  • steal a look (at someone or something)
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Long before anyone measured IQ, analyzed us with Myers-Briggs, or slotted our personality types on the Enneagram, Jesus embraced the whole lot--introverts and extroverts, sensates and intuitives, thinkers and feelers, crusaders and artists--the whole kit and caboodle.
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the whole kit and caboodle, all the persons or things concerned." (Random House Webster's College.)
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So the next day Helder, Duarte and the whole kit and caboodle turned up again.
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It's no good having national transport policies and a government minister looking after roads - and railways - and the whole kit and caboodle, when what we need are local traffic boffins to sort the whole mess out and plan things properly.
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The under-$200 price of the whole kit and caboodle is a good deal!
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Yes, in 10 years the whole kit and caboodle would be under water as the Cardiff Bay waters rose, so now we're relocating to the top of the Brecon Beacons, you know it makes sense.
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But it also serves as an inspiration to entrepreneurs everywhere, by demonstrating that the course of a corporate empire can be mapped out without the assistance of lawyers, investment bankers, and even secretaries - that the whole kit and caboodle can be captured on a flimsy cocktail napkin.
The Cocktail Napkin As Magna Carta