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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
CABOOSH, n. “A crowd” (Abd.4 1929).
[Corruption of Eng. slang caboose in phr. the whole caboose, a variant of the whole caboodle, the whole lot, the whole crowd (Farmer and Henley).]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Caboosh n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 28 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/caboosh>
