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From the British slang "Bob's your uncle," meaning "you've got it made" or "it's as simple as that."  Hoban points out that "Blobs" is also suggestive of deformity. {{By|EE}}  (Several interesting possible derivations of "Bob's your uncle" are [http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-bob1.htm here]. {{By|DA}})
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From the British slang "Bob's your uncle," meaning "you've got it made" or "it's as simple as that."  Hoban points out that "Blobs" is also suggestive of deformity. {{By|EE}}  (Several interesting possible derivations of "Bob's your uncle" are [https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa-bob1.html here]. {{By|DA}})
  
 
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  • (89:4) "Blobs your nunkel"

From the British slang "Bob's your uncle," meaning "you've got it made" or "it's as simple as that." Hoban points out that "Blobs" is also suggestive of deformity. EE (Several interesting possible derivations of "Bob's your uncle" are here. DA)