"kit and caboodle" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-kit and caboodle.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From kit + boodle. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|kit|boodle}} kit + boodle Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} kit and caboodle (not comparable)
  1. (US) All together; as one. Tags: US, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-kit_and_caboodle-en-adv-yKJZQGfd Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kit and kaboodle, whole kit and caboodle

Noun

Audio: en-au-kit and caboodle.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From kit + boodle. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|kit|boodle}} kit + boodle Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} kit and caboodle
  1. Everything entirely, the whole lot. Synonyms: everything
    Sense id: en-kit_and_caboodle-en-noun-JoPnVXUf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kit and kaboodle, whole kit and caboodle

Alternative forms

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