Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
adv. (context US English) All together; as one. n. (context US Canada Australia idiomatic English) everything entirely, the whole lot.
WordNet
n. everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment" [syn: whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, works, full treatment]
Usage examples of "kit and caboodle".
Just before they went into warp, I beamed the whole kit and caboodle into their engine room.
Once that bugger's committed, Ian Dunross's as good as finished and I own this house and Struan's and the whole kit and caboodle!
I want you to report the whole kit and caboodle to the Lylmik Supervisors.
They want the whole kit and caboodle, all of the gold and platinum, the refineries, and the industry that has grown up to exploit the deposits.
I could see Davison's eyes thirsty with the desire to take the whole kit and caboodle back to Earth with him.
If things go as I've Planned I aim to arrest the whole damn kit and caboodle!