In dictionaries:
Uncle Tom Cobley and all
(colloquial, humorous) And all the rest; et al.; used to conclude a long list of people's names or similar.
Uncle Tom syndrome
a theory in multicultural psychology, overviews of terms available here referring to a coping skill in which individuals use passivity and submissiveness when confronted with a threat, leading to subservient behaviour and appeasement, while concealing their true thoughts and feelings.
Goodbye Uncle Tom
a 1971 Italian mondo docudrama co-directed and co-written by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi with music by Riz Ortolani.
Uncle Tom Cobley
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 number of people in a list.
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