| 单词 | the whole boodle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe whole boodle 1. Chiefly depreciative. A number of people, animals, or things grouped together or considered collectively by the speaker or writer. Esp. in the whole boodle: the entire group or set (of people, animals, or things). Cf. caboodle n.the whole kit and boodle: see kit n.1 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount > the whole lot every whita1450 every stitch?a1500 the devil and all1543 prow and poop1561 Christ-cross-row1579 every snip1598 thread and thrum1600 boodle1625 hair and hoof1705 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 tutti quanti1772 lot1791 lock, stock, and barrel1824 stock and fluke1825 the whole boiling1837 box and dice1839 the whole caboodlea1848 sub-cheese1859 the whole kit and boiling (boodle, caboodle, cargo)1859 the whole jingbang1866 the whole hypothec1871 the whole ball of wax1882 the whole (entire) shoot1884 (at) every whip-stitch1888 work1899 issue1919 guntz1958 full monty1979 1625 F. Markham Bk. Honour iv. i. 125 This place of Embassador,..being men curiously and carefully chosen out (from all the Buddle, and masse of great ones) for their aprooued wisedome, and experience. 1827 ‘J. Strickland’ Let. 18 July in Jrnl. Amer. Folklore (1963) 76 289 He..turnd out the hol boodle ov um. 1847 D. P. Thompson Locke Amsden 76 [He] stumped all the rest to come on, one at a time, and there wasn't a soul of the whole boodle that dared do it. 1856 V. Cunningham Madelaine ii. i. 19 Mad. I say —— Remy. (Interrupting.) A whole boodle of stupid things. 1884 E. E. Hale Christmas in Narragansett 272 At eleven o'clock the ‘whole boodle of them’, as Uncle Nahum called the caravan,..had to boot and spur for church. 1914 Amer. Poultry Jrnl. Mar. 416/2 During three weeks, the whole boodle of 'em [sc. chicks] haven't eaten enough of it to support one cockroach. 1949 G. B. Shaw Let. 26 July in B. F. Dukore Bernard Shaw & Gabriel Pascal (1996) 244 Gabriel has the whole boodle as long as he is alive and efficient. 1961 G. Forbes Goodbye to Some ix. 207 A whole boodle of them [sc. aeroplanes]! 1976 J. Charyn Marilyn the Wild xvi. 233 They left the terminal without a boodle of Tennessee girls. 2016 Shenzhen Daily (Nexis) 28 June A whole boodle of adorable Dalmatians is stolen in the London area. < as lemmas |
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