- Uncle Tom Cobley and all
- • a phrase meaning 'everyone'. Can be used sarcastically as in "I bloody turned up to find Uncle Tom Cobley and all there !". From the song 'Widecombe Fair'.
Londonisms dictionary. 2014.
Uncle Tom Cobley and all
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