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the whole bang shoot en · NOUN

Etymology

Uncertain. Apparently late nineteenth or early 20th century. Unsupported contradictory suggestions suggest derivation from shebang or vice versa. However, "shebang" may be older.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The whole lot, everything involved, every one, the entire process.
   • “My good fellow,” grumbled Dr. Brown, he turned at the top of the bungalow steps to deliver this ultimatum, “he hates the whole bang lot of us." ... page 234 ... “I noticed that he hated you.” Brown admitted, “but that is nothing new. He hates, as I have remarked before, the whole bang shoot of us.” 1913, Margaret Peterson, The Lure Of The Little Drum, page 92:
   • "...he said something about Hughes not caring a rush for any man's life, least of all his own! Said Hughes was sublimely indifferent to the whole bang shoot. I am beginning to understand what he meant." 1942, John Vernon Hewes, The High Courts of Heaven: A Story of the R.A.F., page 132:
   • Anyway," he added, with the touch of the true optimist, "it's lucky I watched her, or she'd have carried off the whole bang shoot in less than thirty minutes." 1921, Harry Mortimer Batten, Many Trails, page 163:

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Synonyms

whole ball of wax · hook · kit and caboodle · everything but the galley stove · whole shooting match · the whole bang shoot · whole shebang · whole kit and caboodle · the works · everything under the sun · full monty · stock and barrel · the whole nine yards · all the marbles · whole hog · whole smash · whole package · bag and baggage · lock · everytang · whole enchilada · whole shitting match · everything but the kitchen sink · line and sinker