mdmd(5), assorted notes:

[Thomas Eckhardt]

At 16:10 06.08.1997 BST, Andrew Dinn wrote:
>Thomas Eckhardt writes:
>
>> . . . Nabob is Maskelyne's uncle.  Or in this case, brother-in-law.
>
>Whence `Nabob's yer uncle', perhaps 

Yes, I believe we have finally discovered origin and meaning of this
hitherto obscure English slang expression.
Thomas Eckhardt


                             The clouds didn't look like cotton,
                             they didn't even look like clouds.

                             Townes Van Zandt