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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