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Meaning: (idiomatic,with "the")Everything; theentirething.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:everythingThe festival had balloons, flowers, fireworks, performers, and thewhole shebang.1863, James Bryan,A Short Account of the "Mary Ann" Hospital, Grand Gulf, Miss.[1]:On the third the whole "chebang" was removed [...]1924,Harold Hart Crane, letter:[1][2]I am growing more and more sick of factions, gossip, jealousies, recriminations, excoriations and thewholeliteraryshee-bang.2002,Treasure Planet, directed byRon ClementsandJohn MuskerDoctor, I'd love to chat. Tea, cake, thewhole shebang. But I've got a ship to launch and you've got your outfit to buff up.2004, Leo Furey,The Long Run,page331:“Food here's pretty good. They don't serve bog juice. Real tea and real coffee. Ice cream, pop, chips. Thewhole shebang. Every day's a wingding, brother.”2011, Dave Thompson,1000 Songs that Rock Your World,page209:Of course, they would win thewhole shebangin 1974, when “Waterloo” [won] (sung in English by Swedes about a Frenchman in Belgium— how much more international can one song get?), but the bitter taste of past failures is not something one forgets...2011, Diane Phillips,Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever with More Than 400 Easy-to-Make Recipes,page305:Thewhole shebangcooks in the slow cooker, which will keep it warm until you are ready to serve it.
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