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lock, stock and barrel en · ADV

Etymology

From the three principal parts of a flintlock. The explanation that it refers to all of a shopkeeper’s possessions—the lock to the door, the stock in trade and the items stored in barrels—is fanciful. First attested in an 1817 letter by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Entirely, completely.
   • I do not believe I should save £100 by retaining Mrs. Redford, by the time she was raised, altered, and beautified, for, like the Highlandman’s gun, she wants stock, lock, and barrel to put her into repair. 1817 October 29, Walter Scott, “To the same [Daniel Terry]”, in J[ohn] G[ibson] Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, published 1837, →OCLC, chapter III, page 59:
   • Supposing the whole Castro regime—lock, stock and barrel—were to be swept out by counter-revolutionaries as effectively as the Batista regime was cleared out[…] 1961 June, A. J. Knowles, “An Appraisal of the Cuban Revolution”, in Atlas, volume 1, number 4, page 41:
   • They want to buy the whole thing, lock, stock and barrel.

Synonyms

properly · categorically · head to tail · from stem to stern · altogether · handsomely · at length · from top to bottom · and sinker · finally · purely · through and through · wholly · hook · from head to toe · soundly · whole · to the core · out-and-out · outright · soup-to-nuts · from the rooter to the tooter · head to foot · heartily · flat-out · downright · fully · line · and barrel · lock · tout à fait · particularly · root and branch · totally · stock · head to toe · quite · all-out · right · from A to Z · one hundred percent · entirely · totes · from soup to nuts · cap-a-pie · flat out · plumb · whole cloth · stone-cold · at large · top to tail · well and truly · cold · detailly · first and last · from top to toe · to the full · top to toe · in detail · from aardvark to zymurgy · completely · out and out · utterly · in full · straight up · exhaustively · perfectly · to the bone · absolutely · stark · all the way · blind

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lock, stock and barrel en · NOUN

Etymology

From the three principal parts of a flintlock. The explanation that it refers to all of a shopkeeper’s possessions—the lock to the door, the stock in trade and the items stored in barrels—is fanciful. First attested in an 1817 letter by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation).

Meanings

1. (uncommon, uncountable) The entirety of a thing, with nothing omitted.
   • Well, they are men cooks; they don't think of what importance a good cup of tea is to a lady. They don't remember that it is the lock, stock, and barrel of a lady's comforts. 1872, Charles Chapman, A Voyage from Southampton to Cape Town, in the Union Company's Mail Steamer, page 27:
   • Congress are in possession of the flint, powder, gun, lock, stock and barrel, and still we exclaim with the old lady, take away the musket. 1824 April 7, Balt[imore] Morn[ing] Chron[icle], “Standing Armies”, in The Adams Centinel, volume VIII, number 22, Gettysburg, Pa.: Robert Goodloe Harper, →OCLC, page [2], column 2:
   • "Sinbad not only gets the keys of the city, he gets the whole lock, stock and barrel!" 1945, George F. Foley Jr., Sinbad of the coast guard, page 85:

Relateds

hook, line and sinker · bag and baggage · go off half-cocked · the whole nine yards · whole shebang · flash in the pan · everything but the kitchen sink · full monty

Synonyms

whole hog · full monty · the whole nine yards · whole shitting match · line and sinker · whole enchilada · everytang · whole shooting match · everything under the sun · bag and baggage · stock and barrel · whole smash · the whole bang shoot · whole shebang · the works · whole ball of wax · whole package · everything but the galley stove · hook · kit and caboodle · whole kit and caboodle · all the marbles · everything but the kitchen sink · lock

Translations (8)

de mit Kind und Kegel (entirely) · hu kompletten (entirely) · pl w całości (entirely) · de mit Sack und Pack (entirely) · hu mindenestül (entirely) · hu tokkal-vonóval (entirely) · hu szőröstül-bőröstül (entirely) · hu cakompakk (entirely)

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