Lock, stock, and barrel

"Lock, stock, and barrel" is a merism used predominantly in the United Kingdom and North America, meaning "all", "total" or "everything". It derives from the effective portions of a gun: the lock, the stock, and the barrel.

For other uses, see Lock, Stock and Barrel (disambiguation).
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