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caboodle

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caboodle /kəˈbo͞odl, kəˈbudl / (also kaboodle)
noun
– PHRASES
the whole caboodle (also the whole kit and caboodle) informal
the whole number or quantity of people or things in question:
sort out your best snaps, complete the entry form, and pop the whole caboodle into an envelope addressed to us
once you get them talking about one case, they might as well settle the whole kit and caboodle.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century (originally US): perhaps from the phrase kit and boodle (see kit1, boodle).