whole vs whole thing

whole

adv
  • In entirety; entirely; wholly. 

noun
  • Something complete, without any parts missing. 

  • An entirety. 

adj
  • Used as an intensifier. 

  • Sound, uninjured, healthy. 

  • Entire, undivided. 

  • From which none of its constituents has been removed. 

  • As yet unworked. 

whole thing

How often have the words whole and whole thing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )