| 单词 | uncle tom cobley |
| 释义 | > as lemmasUncle Tom Cobley (also Cobleigh) (and all) Uncle Tom Cobley (also Cobleigh) (and all) n. a large number of people, used esp. as the last item in a list of people or organizations.Frequently with allusion to the Devon ballad Widdicombe Fair: see quot. c1800. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount > the whole lot > of people Uncle Tom Cobley (also Cobleigh) (and all)c1800 c1800 Widdicombe Fair in G. Bantock 100 Songs of Eng. (1914) 72 Tom Pearce's old mare doth appear gashly white Wi' Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan Whiddon, Harry Hawk, old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all, Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all. 1893 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 9 Sept. (headline) A midnight row at Topsham. ‘Uncle Tom Cobley and All’. 1933 E. A. Robertson Ordinary Families xiii. 287 When Dru..repeated to Margaret some gossip about an engagement, Margaret said casually, ‘Oh, and to Uncle Tom Cobley an' all, I suppose!’ 1963 L. Klein Fabian Tract No. 349 i. 2 We..are exhorted to pant along behind the industrious Germans, Japanese, Russians, Americans and Uncle Tom Cobley. 1981 D. Boggis Time to Betray xxv. 130 Stupid little man, dragging in old Uncle Tom Cobley and all. 2016 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 30 Sept. They're not even trusted to run things themselves, with business, universities, independent schools and Uncle Tom Cobley all invited in to show them how to do it. < as lemmas |
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