full monty

plural full monties

1. UKcolloquialcountableEverything; the whole package.

   I thought he was only going to buy the basic kit, but he bought the full monty.

   Synonyms: all the marbles, bag and baggage, everytang, everything but the galley stove, everything but the kitchen sink, everything under the sun, hook, line and sinker

2. UKcolloquialcountableA full breakfast.

   A 'Full Monty' breakfast the following morning helped Harry recover his high spirits.

   1999, Dick Hedges, The Laura Landing: A Book of the Turkana Trilogy

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   One of us, it became clear as we strolled the aisles of the grocery, believed that every day should begin with a “full monty” breakfast—sausage, eggs, gravy and biscuits.

   2014 August 1, R. Wayne Willis, Hope's Daughters: A Helping a Day of Wisdom and Hope, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 103

   Good thing she'd had some blood back at the flat before we'd come down to the local pub for breakfast. I was worried she was going to eat Alex before the full monties arrived.

   2014 November 6, Karly Kirkpatrick, New Blood: (Book 2 of the Bloody Little Secrets Series): A Bloody Little Secrets Novel, Karly Kirkpatrick

3. UKcolloquialcountableuncountableNudity.

   It is just as well the letter was tightly sealed, because there were photographs in it showing me and others in Full Monty. That is to say we were all buck naked.

   2002, Gene Amole, The Last Chapter: Gene Amole on Dying, Big Earth Publishing, →ISBN, page 153

1. UKcolloquialnot comparableNude.

   Becoming male strippers and appearing full monty provides the connection.

   2008, George McClendon, Heaven's Call to Earthy Spirituality, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 63

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   Her breasts were always a surprise to men the first time she went full monty. Because she was so tall and slim and athletic, they probably expected pancakes.

   2009, Sandra Hill, Viking Heat, Penguin, →ISBN

   “And she went full monty on film and everything has gone pear shaped for her.”

   2012, Eric Jerome Dickey, An Accidental Affair, Penguin, →ISBN