Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Lock, Stock, and Barrel.

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Lochinvar,

Lock the Stable Door.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Lock, Stock, and Barrel.

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.

Lochinvar,

Lock the Stable Door.

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