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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Probably from boodle 'crowd, collection, lot' (19-20 centuries), from Dutch boedel 'property'

caboodle

 noun
     
ca‧boo‧dle

the whole (kit and) caboodle

informal everything:
I think it's time to replace the whole caboodle: computer, printer, and monitor.
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