• The phrase Uncle Tom Cobley and all is used in British English as a humorous or whimsical way of saying et al., often to express exasperation at the large...
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  • submissiveness when confronted with a threat Uncle Tom Cobley, a humorous placeholder name in British English Uncle Tom's Cabin (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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  • Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all." Some research suggests that the names originally referred to real people. As the last name in a long list, "Uncle Tom Cobley...
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  • known as the subject of the folk song of the same name, featuring Uncle Tom Cobley and his friends. The earliest written record was in 1850, when it was...
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    The Tom Cobley Tavern is a pub in Spreyton, Devon, England. It dates back to the 16th century, and may be the 1802 starting point of Uncle Tom Cobley and...
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  • character in the song "Widecombe Fair", the chorus of which ends with 'Uncle Tom Cobley and all'. This was also the name adopted by Albert John Coles, who...
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  • tale of “Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all” who came from, and is thought to be buried in Spreyton. Some[who?] believe that if Uncle Tom Cobley did exist and...
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    annually and celebrated by a folksong of the same name, featuring "Old Uncle Tom Cobley and All". Its words were first published in 1880, and the characters...
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    down the long high street for many onlookers. One float named the Uncle Tom Cobley has been entered into the parade since 1911. The annual procession...
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  • to Henry Kingsley's novel The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn. Also Uncle Tom Cobley, of the folk song, signed his will at Pascoe House,[citation needed]...
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