"caboodle" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-caboodle.wav Forms: caboodles [plural], kaboodle [alternative]
Rhymes: -uːdəl Etymology: US slang, mid 19th century, thought to be from "kit and boodle"; "the whole boodle" is attested in the 1830s, and "the whole caboodle" in 1848. Head templates: {{en-noun}} caboodle (plural caboodles)
  1. (informal) Any large collection of things or people. Tags: informal Derived forms: kit and caboodle, the whole caboodle
    Sense id: en-caboodle-en-noun-dDCmsiqa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "caboodles",
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    },
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "kit and caboodle"
        },
        {
          "word": "the whole caboodle"
        }
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        "Any large collection of things or people."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Any large collection of things or people."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "the whole caboodle"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/uːdəl",
        "Rhymes:English/uːdəl/3 syllables"
      ],
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        "Any large collection of things or people."
      ],
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        [
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        "(informal) Any large collection of things or people."
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    },
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  ],
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}

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