shebang

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Yet there were people who called the tavern a "shebang"--slander as it was against Suzon Charlemagne, which every river-driver and woodsman and habitant who frequented the place would have resented with violence.

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  1. noun Slang A situation, organization, contrivance, or set of facts or things: organized and ran the whole shebang.

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  • The whole shebang is a political boondoggle that feeds on itself. —  Latest Articles
  • Or why not go the whole shebang, and call it Google Universe. —  MacDailyNews
  • You know, when you've done everything humanly possible, you've (if you'll pardon the expression) reached the, er, end of yourself (sorry!), and the whole shebang is all in God's hands? —  Middle Zone Musings
  • There's a lot of background on this whole shebang, but I'll just stick to my $0.02 on the discussion so far. —  0xDECAFBAD
  • Newcomers to the "Dragonball" world might find themselves a bit bewildered by the whole shebang, though the casting efforts help to predigest the mayhem. —  DVD Talk
 

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Supposed to be an irreg. variant of shebeen.
 

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/ʃəˈbæŋ/
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