full monty

== 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. === Noun === full monty (countable and uncountable, plural full monties) (British, colloquial, countable) Everything; the whole package. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:everything (British, colloquial) Nudity. ==== Usage notes ==== Usually with the. === Adjective === full monty (not comparable) (British, colloquial) Nude. === References === Michael Quinion (2004), “Full monty”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.