For BOODLE : my SOED CD came up with :
"crowd, pack, a lot" as a noun,
also gave "money acquired illegally or improperly, proceeds of corruption."
It also said "give or take bribes" and finally noted a BOODLER as "a person who gives or takes bribes."
My sense of the word has always been that kit and kaboodle means what lawyers call "property both real and personal."
IOW everything you own, from toothpaste to tracts of land!
There are many more qualified than I who will jump in and be much more help, I'm sure -- but it's snowing and grey/gray and I was bored and there you were with a new post. A Board Contributor save my sanity once again ... so there!
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P.S. Boodle is such a good nonsense-sounding word. Sorta fills up the mouth well... say it out loud : Boodle-a-boodle-a-boo!