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shebang
noun
any thing, matter or business at issue at the moment US, 1869
Usually as “the whole shebang”. The former senses of “a hut”, “vehicle” or “tavern” are all but forgotten.- Maybe you can get to be boss of the whole shebang! — Jim Thompson, Roughneck, p. 114, 1954
- Helen said that after I left Detroit the whole shebang collapsed like a house of cards. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 299, 1961
- If I do, this whole shebang will come apart on me and I won’t look too good, will I? — Elmore Leonard, Killshot, p. 258, 1989
- A grassy square in the middle of Old Town Plaza was the best part of the whole shebang, as far as Finnegan was concerned. — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan’s Week, pp. 141–142, 1993
- Coral is only five and she rides ponies up in Totteridge every Saturday–velvet hat, jods, crop, the whole shebang. — Stuart Browne, Dangerous Parking, p. 323, 2000
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