Talk:lock, stock and barrel

It is possible that the etymology could be different than described. I have heard argument that the phrase emanated from the 17th or 18th century English beer and/or wine industry, where the proprietor of a brewery owned the lock on he door, the stock in the containers, and the containers themselves - the barrels.

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