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Whole shebang   Listen
noun
Shebang  n.  
1.
A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop; a primitive dwelling; a shanty. (Slang, U.S.)
2.
The structure of an object, process, organization, or anything viewed as complicated; used primarily in the phrase the whole shebang; as, it comes with unnecessary frills, but you have to buy the whole shebang. (informal)
3.
(computers) The character sequence #!, which frequently begins shell scripts in a Unix system.






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"Whole shebang" Quotes from Famous Books



... to get it through your stubborn heads that the responsibility for this whole shebang is mine ...
— Attrition • Jim Wannamaker



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