Joe Doakes

Joe Doakes

An average guy. ("Joe Blow" is more commonly used to mean the same.) Why would they send me to some Joe Doakes who isn't even licensed as a psychologist?
See also: Doakes, joe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Joe Doakes

verb
See Joe Blow
See also: Doakes, joe
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • quality Joe
  • joe
  • a good Joe
  • good Joe
  • answer the call
  • an awkward customer
  • Jane
  • average Jane
  • Doakes
  • each other
References in periodicals archive
Joe Doakes must not try to be like Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Jefferson or anybody else.
They cry that Joe Doakes from "Windblaster" magazine gets 1" groups from every gun he shoots.