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Lock, Stock, and Barrel

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The whole of anything. The lock, stock, and barrel of a gun is the complete instrument.

“The property of the Church of England, lock, stock, and barrel, is claimed by the Liberationists.”—Newspaper paragraph, 1885.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Loaves and Fishes
Lob
Lob’s Pound
Lobby
Loblolly
Loblolly Boy (A.)
Lobster Sauce
Lobsters
Lochiel
Lochinvar
Lock, Stock, and Barrel
Lock the Stable Door
Lockhart
Lockit
Lockitt’s
Lockman
Locksley
Locksley Hall
Locksmith’s Daughter
Loco Parentis (Latin)
Locofocos