"Lock, stock, and barrel" is a merism used predominantly in the United Kingdom and North America, meaning "all", "total" or "everything".
The term was first recorded in the letters of Sir Walter Scott in 1817, in the line "Like the High-landman's gun, she wants stock, lock, and barrel, to put her into repair.
[citation needed][2] Lock Stock & Barrel is a book dealing with the restoration and repair of antique firearms, in two volumes.
"Lock,stock and barrel" is mentioned in Silvia Plath's novel "The Bell Jar".
The phrase was spoken to the character J. R. Ewing in Dallas (1978 TV series) (season 3, episode 24).