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What is the origin of the word "caboodle" as in "full kit and caboodle"?

Question #106510. Asked by Rowena8482.

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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).

(link http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/main?title=21st&query=caboodle)

Jun 22 2009, 9:42 AM
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caboodle
c.1848, see kit.

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."

link http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=caboodle&searchmode=none

Jun 22 2009, 10:25 AM
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