Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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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).]
