Uncle Tom Cobley and all
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from the Devonshire folk song "Widecombe Fair", in which a long list of people ends in "Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all".
Noun[edit]
- (colloquial, humorous) And all the rest; et al.; used to conclude a long list of people's names or similar.
- 2001, Bernard Lord, The Renaissance Group, page 215:
- The IRA, the Palestinians, the Basques, the Quebec Separatists, Uncle Tom Cobley and all and all? Everyone made bombs these days.