Whole-shebang definition

(idiomatic) Everything; the entire thing.

The festival had balloons, flowers, fireworks, performers, and the whole shebang.

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(idiomatic) A building or house and everything in it.
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Noun

Singular:
whole-shebang
Plural:
whole shebangs

Origin of whole-shebang

  • 1924, from shebang.

    From Wiktionary

Whole-shebang Sentence Examples

  • I'll be clearing out my desk, buying cakes for the office, the whole shebang.

  • The trouble is you don't want to buy one of these newfangled phones that makes the whole shebang possible.

  • I'll bet each of them know something they think the other doesn't so's they want the whole shebang for themselves!

  • Hello everyone, so far so good, We've got confirmation through from where we're having the whole shebang.

  • Malkmus and Ben Folds both left their bands behind in 2001 and then proved they could do the whole shebang better alone anyway.

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