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shebang definition

☆ she·bang (s̸hə baŋ′)

noun

  1. a shack or hut
  2. Informal an affair, business, contrivance, thing, etc.
    chiefly in the whole shebang

Etymology: prob. var. of shebeen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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