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the whole bang shoot

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.

Definitions

  1. The whole lot, everything involved, every one, the entire process.

    • 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."
    • "...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."

The neighborhood

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