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Lock, Stock and barrel
The old saying the "Whole Lock, Stock and barrel" refers to a flintlock musket.
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Re: Lock, Stock and barrel
yes , yes it does ...
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Re: Lock, Stock and barrel
So does, Flash in the pan.
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Re: Lock, Stock and barrel
More interesting word origins traced to weapons:
The Bayonet is one of the few weapons named after its place of origin: Bayonne, France. The Colt Paterson would be another. Lt. Henry Shrapnel began experimenting with a hollow projectile containing a number of balls and a powder charge. The British first fired shrapnel against an enemy in 1804 in Dutch Guiana. In World War I, the Germans used a massive cannon to bombard Paris from long range. They named it, "Big Bertha," in honor of Frau Bertha Krupp, head of the Krupp steel works. |
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