Whole Shebang Meaning

(idiomatic, with "the") Everything; the entire thing.

Example:   The festival had balloons, flowers, fireworks, performers, and the whole shebang.
1924, Harold Hart Crane, letter:[1][2]
  I am growing more and more sick of factions, gossip, jealousies, recriminations, excoriations and the whole literary shee-bang.
2004, Leo Furey, The Long Run, page 331,
  â€œFood here's pretty good. They don't serve bog juice. Real tea and real coffee. Ice cream, pop, chips. The whole shebang. Every day's a wingding, brother.”
2011, Dave Thompson, 1000 Songs that Rock Your World, page 209,
  Of course, they would win the whole shebang in 1974, when “Waterloo” [won] (sung in English by Swedes about a Frenchman in Belgium— how much more international can one song get?), but the bitter taste of past failures is not something one forgets...
2011, Diane Phillips, Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever with More Than 400 Easy-to-Make Recipes, page 305,
  The whole shebang cooks in the slow cooker, which will keep it warm until you are ready to serve it.

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