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

    Question #106510. Asked by Rowena8482. (Jun 22 09 9:22 AM)


    dictionarygirl

    		19c: probably a corruption of kit (from Dutch 'kitte' meaning tankard, extended to refer to any equipment) + boodle (from Dutch 'boedel' meaning possessions).

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

    Jun 22 09, 9:42 AM
    zbeckabee

    		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."

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

    Jun 22 09, 10:25 AM

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