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These are all interesting pairs of words. Kith is an old English word meaning friends, so kith and kin means friends and relatives.
Rack comes from "wrack" and the phrase rack and ruin or wrack and ruin (either's acceptable) came I think from the financial ruination that follows a loss, particularly a shipwreck (wrack).
Kit and caboodle: now this is interesting (well to me anyway). Caboodle itself is probably derived from kit and boodle, so kit and caboodle is kit and kit and boodle. Boodle is, among other thing's, a pirate's swag, and caboodle can actually be a verb meaning to bribe or to take a bribe.
Thanks, johnjohn, for bringing these up! Fun stuff!
TEd
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? jdholloway 08/16/00 01:17 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? TEd Remington 08/16/00 04:13 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? johnjohn 08/17/00 10:26 AM "kith and kin", "rack and ruin", "kit and caboodle TEd Remington 08/17/00 01:02 PM "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/00 10:03 AM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" TEd Remington 08/19/00 10:52 AM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/00 04:25 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" tsuwm 08/19/00 12:09 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/00 04:16 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" tsuwm 08/19/00 12:30 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? Jackie 08/18/00 11:15 AM Thanks and Hello jdholloway 08/18/00 01:02 PM
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