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Noun: whole works
Usage: informal
  1. Everything available; usually preceded by 'the'
    "we saw the whole works";
    - whole shebang [informal], whole kit and caboodle [N. Amer, informal], whole kit and boodle [N. Amer, informal], kit and boodle [N. Amer, informal], whole caboodle [informal], works [informal], full treatment, full works

Type of: entireness, entirety, integrality, totality