the whole caboodle

noun

everything else

“When you're packing for our camping trip, don't forget the essentials. You know, deodorant, ant killer, condoms, baby wipes and the whole caboodle.”

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Meanings

noun
  1. USslangeverything else

    When you're packing for our camping trip, don't forget the essentials. You know, deodorant, ant killer, condoms, baby wipes and the whole caboodle.

    1 more example

    "'Yes, sir, these other burgs are our true partners in the great game of vital living. But let's not have any mistake about this. I claim that Zenith is the best partner and the fastest-growing partner of the whole caboodle. […]

    1922, Sinclair Lewis, “14”, in Babbitt

Origin

US slang, attested in 1848. From an earlier (1830s) "the whole boodle".

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Translations

Afrikaans die hele kaboedel
  • die hele kaboedeleverything else
Dutch de hele rataplan
  • de hele rataplaneverything else
Icelandic allt heila klabbið
  • allt heila klabbiðeverything else
Polish cały ten kram
  • cały ten krameverything else
Cite this entry
APA

the whole caboodle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20whole%20caboodle

MLA

“the whole caboodle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20whole%20caboodle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the whole caboodle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20whole%20caboodle.

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