Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun ‘Shebang’; concern; thing: used only in the phrase, ‘the whole jing-bang.’
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- noun Alternative spelling of
jingbang .
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Examples
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"But I know the man who could take up the whole jing-bang of that Crookes crowd in one hand and" -- his large fist swiftly knotted as he spoke the words -- "scrunch it up like an eggshell, by George."
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'He was the only one I ever liket of the hale jing-bang' was one of his expressions; and you will be glad to know that he dwelt particularly on the dutiful respect you had always displayed in your relations.
The Wrecker 1898
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I guess the whole jing-bang of it turned his head, for he goes bad and loco thereafter, and begins shootin 'and r'arin' up an 'down the hull Southwest, a-roarin' and a-bellerin 'and a-takin' on amazin '.
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Frank Norris 1886
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"But I know the man who could take up the whole jing-bang of that Crookes crowd in one hand and" -- his large fist swiftly knotted as he spoke the words -- "scrunch it up like an eggshell, by George."
The Pit Frank Norris 1886
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It made my heart bleed; but the men had a great respect for the chief mate, who was, as they said, "the only seaman of the whole jing-bang, and none such a bad man when he was sober."
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There's a whole jing-bang of outlying clachans round Barbie that he'll get the trade of by a dodge like that.
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
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They had to recite Shakespeare in public; how could _he_ stand up and spout, before a whole jing-bang o 'them?
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
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Howandiver, when all's done, it's a shame, so it is, that he's not a bishop this blessed day and hour: for, next to the goiant ov Saint Garlath's, he's out and out the cleverest fellow ov the whole jing-bang.
Stories of Comedy Rossiter Johnson 1885
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It was a fine day; like enough the whole jing-bang of them would be going with the brake to Skeighan.
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
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It made my heart bleed; but the men had a great respect for the chief mate, who was, as they said, "the only seaman of the whole jing-bang, and none such a bad man when he was sober."
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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