Uncle Tom Cobbleigh

🔊/ˌʌŋkl tɒm ˈkɒbli/
🔊/ˌʌŋkl tɑːm ˈkɑːbli/
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  1. a character from the traditional English song Widdicombe Fair. The song includes a long list of people who go to the fair, ending with the line 'Old Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all'. People sometimes use this phrase to mean that a large group of people are present in a place, including everyone that one might expect or imagine
    • Everyone turned up at the party – Jack, Ella, Steve, Roger, old Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all!每个人都参加了聚会-杰克,埃拉,史蒂夫,罗杰,老叔叔汤姆·科布利和所有其他人!