whole shebang
Everything; the entire thing.
The festival had balloons, flowers, fireworks, performers, and the whole shebang.
ADJ.
established, future, whole
VERB + SHEBANG
laid
SHEBANG + NOUN
bushes, enclosures, marsh
PREP.
in, on
ADV.
ostensibly
noun
A lean-to or temporary shelter.
Their shebang enclosures of bushes.
They say that old pirate, Kingfisher Culpepper, had a stock of the real thing from Robertson County laid in his shebang on the Marsh just before he died.
A place or building; a store, saloon, or brothel.
Along all the roads on the reservation to all the mines, at the crossing of every stream or fresh-water spring, and near the principal Indian villages, an inn or shebang is established, ostensibly for the entertainment of travellers, but almost universally used as a den for supplying liquor to Indians."
Any matter of present concern; thing; or business; most commonly in the phrase "the whole shebang".
On the third the whole "chebang" was removed [...]
I like the book, I like you and your style and your business vim, and believe the chebang will be a success.
A vehicle.
[…] So they got into the empty omnibus and sat down. Colonel Jack says: “...What is the name of this.” Colonel Jim told him it was a barouche. After a while he poked his head out in front and said to the driver, “I say, Johnny, this suits me. We want this shebang all day. Let the horses go.”
noun
The character string "#!" used at the beginning of a computer file to indicate which interpreter can process the commands in the file, chiefly used in Unix and related operating systems.
Everything; the entire thing.
The festival had balloons, flowers, fireworks, performers, and the whole shebang.
Their shebang enclosures of bushes.
WiktionaryThey say that old pirate, Kingfisher Culpepper, had a stock of the real thing from Robertson County laid in his shebang on the Marsh just before he died.
WiktionaryAlong all the roads on the reservation to all the mines, at the crossing of every stream or fresh-water spring, and near the principal Indian villages, an inn or shebang is established, ostensibly for
WiktionaryWe're gonna have flowers, cake, expensive wine - the whole shebang!
Tatoeba · #10921405The recipe calls for parsley, basil, coriander, the whole shebang.
Tatoeba · #10987139We talked about prehistory, history, the future, the whole shebang.
Tatoeba · #11089748i Register
In some senses, shebang is marked as archaic, informal, obsolete, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.