enchilada
n.— «We run on a shoestring. I have volunteers. My attorney has been working on a “we’ll recoup at the end of the enchilada” kind of way, and we’ve been working hand in glove with the attorney general’s office.» —“The People’s Shoreline” by Mark Ehrman, Steve Hoye Los Angeles Times Mag. May 15, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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