Dictionary of American idioms

HAIR AND HIDE(, HORNS AND TALLOW)

hair and hide(, horns and tallow): translation

hair and hide(, horns and tallow)
Rur.every last thing; every part. (Refers orginally to using every part of slaughtered cattle for something.) •

They took everything Mary had, hair and hide, horns and tallow.

Joe never threw anything away. He found a use for everything, hair and hide.