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The lady with the fringe gets the whole caboodle! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shebang

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'the whole caboodle' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'the lady with the fringe' is the wordplay.
'the lady' becomes 'she' ('she' refers to a woman).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the fringe' becomes 'bang' (I've seen this before).
'she'+'bang'='SHEBANG'

'gets' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for shebang that I've seen before include "affair in America" , "Matter" , "The entire system" , "The whole thing?" , "The whole ___ (entirely)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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