(in phrase the whole caboodle or 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 usonce 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, in the same (see kit1, boodle)
caboodle in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of caboodle in the US English dictionary
