full monty

full monty
/mon"tee/, n.
Chiefly Brit. Slang. the, the whole thing; everything that can or should be included.
[1985-90; orig. uncert.; perh. from Montague Burton, British tailors, with reference to the purchase of a full (3-piece) suit as being 'the full Monty']

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