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whole shebang
(encz) | whole shebang, n: |
whole shebang
(wn) | whole shebang
n 1: everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw
the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on
the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment"
[syn: whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, {kit and
caboodle}, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, {whole
kit}, whole caboodle, whole works, works, {full
treatment}] |
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the whole shebang
(encz) | the whole shebang, |
the whole shebang
(gcide) | Shebang \She*bang"\, n. [Cf. Shebeen.]
1. A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop; a
primitive dwelling; a shanty. [Slang, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
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]
[PJC]
3. (computers) [Possibly derived from shell bang; the
character ! is referred to in some computer contexts as
bang.] The character sequence #!, which frequently begins
shell scripts in a Unix system.
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