Wiktionary
alt. (context idiomatic with "the" English) everything; the entire thing. n. (context idiomatic with "the" English) everything; the entire thing.
WordNet
n. everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment" [syn: whole kit and caboodle, kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, works, full treatment]
Usage examples of "whole shebang".
But when they're all workin' together, not one fella for another fella, but one fella kind of harnessed to the whole shebang- that's right, that's holy.
I'll deposit, say, a hundred in cash for the whole shebang, and that's only on account I doubt I'll have to forfeit any of it.
The only thing I can say in favor of the whole shebang is that at least I’.
The only thing I can say in favour of the whole shebang is that at least I'm not in Oslo.
I expect he was ready to get shut of the whole shebang, for at heart Wilson was not a bad man, only he was where bad company and bad liquor had taken him.
How can I not do my best to help you when he said that he was going to oversee the whole shebang?