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Thread #124681   Message #2756066
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Oct-09 - 05:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
For McGrath- Kibosh widespread north of Mexico exclusive of francophone areas.
(I was bashed for calling Canada and U. S. A. 'North America', forgetting Mexico, so circumlocutions are in order.
I can't say Canada and U. S. A. since Canada is officially French as well as English-speaking).

Caboodle first appeared in print in 1848; Lighter in 'Hist. Dict. American Slang' avoids giving an origin. 'Kit and caboodle' came much later.

Guards-van is a 19th c. term for a baggage car with bank or payroll money and thus a guard. Heard from my grandfather in Colorado. The word is obsolete now.