shebang

she·bang (sh

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n. Slang

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

[Origin unknown.]

shebang [ʃɪˈbæŋ]

n Slang

1. a situation, matter, or affair (esp in the phrase the whole shebang)

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a hut or shack

[of uncertain origin]

shebang - May come from an Irish name for a speakeasy—shebeen—so the "whole shebeen" was the whole drinking establishment; shebang also first meant "hut, shed, dwelling."

See also related terms for shed.

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Noun

shebang - an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang'

system, scheme - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

Translations

shebang [ʃəˈbæŋ] N the whole shebang (= the whole thing) → todo el tinglado

shebang

n (inf) the whole shebang → die ganze Chose (inf), → der ganze Kram (inf)

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Entireness entirety full treatment Inclusiveness Integrality kit and boodle kit and caboodle scheme shed system totality whole caboodle whole kit whole kit and boodle whole kit and caboodle whole shebang whole works works	They'll be machinery enough an' hands enough to do it all in decent workin' hours, an' Mart, s'help me, I'll make yeh superintendent of the shebang - the whole of it, all of it. Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context the cards that were given them; and Luck, the monstrous, mad-god thing, the owner of the whole shebang, looked on and grinned. Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context I've kind of lost my way in this here shebang, and if you'll kindly show me the door I'll cause no trouble and sure vamoose. The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context	Shearman Shearn shears Sheartail shearwater sheatfish sheath sheath knife Sheath of Schwann sheath pile Sheath-winged sheathbill sheathe Sheathed Sheather Sheathfish sheathing Sheathless Sheathy sheave Sheave hole Sheaved sheaves Sheba Shebander shebang Shebat shebeen Shebele Sheboygan Shechem Shechina Shechinah shechita Shecklaton shed shed blood shed dormer shed hand shed light on shed out shed up shedder Shedding shedload shedrow Sheelfa Sheeling Sheely Sheen Sheene	sheaths sheaths Sheathy sheave sheave sheave sheave block Sheave hole sheaved sheaved sheaves sheaves sheaves Sheaves for Christ sheaving sheaving SHEB Sheba Sheba Sheba Sheba (Bible) Sheba (Bible) Sheba, Queen Shebalin Shebalin, Mikhail Shebalin, Mikhail Petrovich Shebalin, Vissarion Shebalin, Vissarion Iakovlevich Shebam Shebander shebang Shebang (disambiguation) Shebang (disambiguation) shebangs shebangs shebangs Shebaniah Shebarim Shebat Shebat shebean shebean shebeen shebeen shebeens shebeens Shebeke Shebekino Shebele Shebele, Webe Shebeli River Shebelle River Shebelle River Sheber Sheberghan Shebhat Shebin al-Kom Shebna Sheboldaev, Boris Sheboldaev, Boris Petrovich Sheboygan

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They'll be machinery enough an' hands enough to do it all in decent workin' hours, an' Mart, s'help me, I'll make yeh superintendent of the shebang - the whole of it, all of it.

Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context

the cards that were given them; and Luck, the monstrous, mad-god thing, the owner of the whole shebang, looked on and grinned.

Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context

I've kind of lost my way in this here shebang, and if you'll kindly show me the door I'll cause no trouble and sure vamoose.

The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context

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