kit and caboodle

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Everything entirely, the whole lot.

   • “[…]There′ll be a kit and caboodle of our people waiting to set out."
   • Aye, you could sell your kit and caboodle, and really see New Orleans!
   • To have an economy that is sound and that works for all the people, Reagan′s entire “trickle-down” kit and caboodle must be tossed out behind him and replaced with an aggressive program of growth that “percolates up” from the grass roots.
2. 2

   All together

   All together; as one.

   • 1954, Gordon Allport, cited in 2005, Steven J. Bartlett, The Pathology Of Man: A Study Of Human Evil, page 243, If I can put the Catholics into another category and reject them kit and caboodle, my life is further simplified.
   • Lincoln moved its corporate headquarters, kit and caboodle, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Philadelphia in 1998.
   • After burying Hiram she packed them up kit and caboodle and moved them to Tuskegee, the nearest big city, so she could find work.

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