What is the origin of the word "caboodle" as in "full kit and caboodle"?
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dictionarygirl
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dictionarygirl
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19c: probably a corruption of kit (from Dutch 'kitte' meaning tankard, extended to refer to any equipment) + boodle (from Dutch 'boedel' meaning possessions).
oodles
"lots," 1869, Amer.Eng., perhaps from the caboodle in kit and caboodle (see kit).
kit (1)
"round wooden tub," 1275, probably from M.Du. kitte "jug, tankard, wooden container," of unknown origin. Meaning "collection of personal effects," especially for traveling (originally in ref. to a soldier), is from 1785; that of "outfit of tools for a workman" is from 1851. Kit and caboodle is 1861, from boodle "lot, collection," perhaps from Du. boedel "property."