"full monty" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Unknown. First appeared in print in 1980s, but probably existed before that. The most common theory for its origin is that a purchase (especially that of a full three-piece suit) from Montague Maurice Burton (1885–1952), founder of Burton Menswear, was known as a "full Monty". According to the OED, this etymology is "perhaps the most plausible". The nudity definition comes via the movie The Full Monty, in which it is used as a euphemism for removing all one's clothes when stripping. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=full monty}} full monty (not comparable)
  1. (Britain, colloquial) Nude. Tags: Britain, colloquial, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-full_monty-en-adj-NLjBDq3P Categories (other): British English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 32 34

Noun [English]

Forms: full monties [plural]
Etymology: Unknown. First appeared in print in 1980s, but probably existed before that. The most common theory for its origin is that a purchase (especially that of a full three-piece suit) from Montague Maurice Burton (1885–1952), founder of Burton Menswear, was known as a "full Monty". According to the OED, this etymology is "perhaps the most plausible". The nudity definition comes via the movie The Full Monty, in which it is used as a euphemism for removing all one's clothes when stripping. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun|~|full monties|head=full monty}} full monty (countable and uncountable, plural full monties)
  1. (Britain, colloquial, countable) Everything; the whole package. Tags: Britain, colloquial, countable Synonyms: everything
    Sense id: en-full_monty-en-noun-wQwbYPRs Categories (other): British English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 32 34
  2. (Britain, colloquial) Nudity. Tags: Britain, colloquial, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-full_monty-en-noun-T4IS~-Q2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 32 34

Inflected forms

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