LOCK, STOCK, AND BARREL


Meaning of LOCK, STOCK, AND BARREL in English

Function: adverb

Etymology: from the principal parts of a flintlock

Date: 1842

: WHOLLY , COMPLETELY <the only thing which had not been sold lock, stock, and barrel with the ⋯ house was this piano ― Marcia Davenport>

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