The Whole Shebang (1870); Great Scott! (1867)
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THE WHOLE SHEBANG
The latest DARE has "Note: The expression _the whole shebang_ is
widespread and is not treated here." "Shebang" is given from 1862.
I was going through some online databases and found this in Indiana
University's WRIGHT AMERICAN FICTION, 1851-1875:
Title: Sea Drift (1870)
Author: Reeves, Marian Calhoun Legaré.
Availability: <A HREF="http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/t/text/#">© 2002 The Trustees of Indiana University.</A>
Print Source: Sea drift
Reeves, Marian Calhoun Legaré.
Philadelphia : Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1870.
Extent: x, 205 p.
Pages with Hits
<A HREF="http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=wright2;cc=wright2;sid=fa3b54eeb00328cce9f0a61a4327f523;q1=whole%20shebang;idno=Wright2-2009;view=image;seq=0032">Page 64-65</A> 1 match of "whole shebang"
Pg. 64: But it floated bravely--bravely enough, as Evan, coming back for
Luti, assured her, "to take the whole shebang at once, only Morgan refused to let
the trial be made."
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GREAT SCOTT!
Also found in WRIGHT AMERICAN FICTION, 1851-1875.
Title: Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty (1867)
Author: De Forest, John William, (1826-1906)
Availability: <A HREF="http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/t/text/#">© 2001 The Trustees of Indiana University.</A>
Print Source: Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty
De Forest, John William,
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1867.
Extent: 521 p.
Pages with Hits
<A HREF="http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=wright2;cc=wright2;sid=c8793e3c3ce7ec90af700acc36797262;q1=great%20scott;idno=Wright2-0709;view=image;seq=0020">Page 38-39</A> 1 match of "great scott"
<A HREF="http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=wright2;cc=wright2;sid=c8793e3c3ce7ec90af700acc36797262;q1=great%20scott;idno=Wright2-0709;view=image;seq=0021">Page 40-41</A> 1 match of "great scott"
Pg. 38: I follow General Scott. No Virginian need be ashamed to follow old
Fuss and Feathers. We used to swear by him in the army. Great Scott! the
fellows said.
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