whole jingbang antedated to 1838

[Jonathan Lighter]

Interesting, though, that both exx. are of Hibernian English, the source of
"shebang."

JL

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

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> OED has 1866 for Jingbang, the whole number, and a1884 for the whole
> jingbang.
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> 1838
> Blackwood's Magazine, May, 1938 p. 619 col. 2 "Father Tom and the Pope; or
> a Night at the Vatican." (GB)
> 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.
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> 1857
> The Laird of Restalrig's Daughter (Edinburgh, 1857) John Harrison. p. 256.
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> By the pipes if Brian Boroimhe, but iv ye'd only seen how the whole jing
> bang iv them ran that time! And thinks I to meself, bedad, that works well
> anyway; and if ye'd only all stop away a while when yez are away, thinks I,
> ...
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> Apparently whole jingbang is older than whole shebang.
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