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#KIT AND CABOODLE MEANING FULL#
You are currently subscribed to: REMA’s “Making Heads or Tails of Idioms” blog! To unsubscribe, follow the instructions. Kit and caboodle Origin and History - The full expression is the whole kit and caboodle, which means the whole lot and it is first attested from America. Synonyms for Kit and caboodle Whole shebang is a synonym for. REFERRALS: Do you LOVE Rema’s Idiom Blog and look forward to it all the time? If so, refer your friends! Kit and caboodle noun - Everything available usually preceded by the. Pretty similar, arent they Usage examples for. Kit and caboodle: Everything available usually preceded by the. Kit and Caboodle : as part of the idiomatic expression the whole kit and kaboodle, meaning: everything and more. In the 90’s, there was an extremely popular product: the “Caboodle”… it was a magical place for teenage girls to store the makeup they weren’t allowed to wear. Caboodle: Any collection in its entirety. The phrase also appears in Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue in 1785, a dictionary of slang words, pretty much the precursor to Urban Dictionary.Ĭommercially, Purina’s “Kit and Kaboodle” pet food means your precious little cat is getting “the works”. They kitted the office space up with brand new desks, chairs, and computers.
A noun or pronoun can be used between 'kit' and 'up.' Often used in passive constructions. In the US, boodle came to mean money attained illegally / through corrupt means. The phrase “the whole boodle” can also be used to describe the same thing. To furnish someone or something with clothing, equipment, furniture, accessories, etc., for a particular purpose, especially that which is new or desirable. a usually small number of persons considered as a unit. Some believe it’s from the Dutch boedel, meaning one’s inheritance or estate. a number of things considered as a unit They brought the whole kit and caboodle to the picnic lunch. Caboodle was also used at times as a legal term for “estate”. Some say it comes from “boodle” which was known to describe a collection of items or people. Kaboodle (or Caboodle) has a few more variations of origin. Soldiers in the 1700’s also carried a bag with everything they needed called a Kitbag. Origin: “Kit and Kaboodle” has origins in the 18th century, England. Kit, which comes from the word “kith” meaning “estate.” So the “Whole Kith” would mean everything one owns. What does it mean? The whole shebang, the works, the full story. What was said? “So… I mean the whole kit and kaboodle on the job front is…”ĭid someone really say that? Yes, in an email to me about what’s really going on with a friend’s job. (originally US): perhaps from the phrase kit and boodle, in the same sense (from kit and boodle money gained or spent illegally or.
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