lock, stock and barrel

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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).

Adverb

lock, stock and barrel (not comparable)

  1. Entirely, completely.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:completely
    They want to buy the whole thing, lock, stock and barrel.
    • 1817 October 29, Walter Scott, “To the same ”, in J G Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, published 1837, →OCLC, chapter III, page 59:
      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.
    • 1961 June, A. J. Knowles, “An Appraisal of the Cuban Revolution”, in Atlas, volume 1, number 4, page 41:
      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

Noun

lock, stock and barrel (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) The entirety of a thing, with nothing omitted.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:everything
    • 1824 April 7, Balt Morn Chron, “Standing Armies”, in The Adams Centinel, volume VIII, number 22, Gettysburg, Pa.: Robert Goodloe Harper, →OCLC, page , column 2:
      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.
    • 1872, Charles Chapman, A Voyage from Southampton to Cape Town, in the Union Company's Mail Steamer, page 27:
      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.
    • 1945, George F. Foley Jr., Sinbad of the coast guard, page 85:
      "Sinbad not only gets the keys of the city, he gets the whole lock, stock and barrel!"

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References

  1. ^ Patricia T. O’Conner, Stewart Kellerman (2019 November 4) “Lock, stock, and barrel”, in Grammarphobia‎, archived from the original on 2019-11-15.
  2. ^ Gary Martin (1997–) “Lock, stock and barrel”, in The Phrase Finder.
  3. ^ “lock, stock, and barrel” under “lock, n.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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