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Joe
noun- a fool NEW ZEALAND
Especially in constructions such as “make a joe of yourself”. - The bloody joker that bought it was there, didn’t want to make joes of us all. — Jean Watson, Stand in the Rain, p. 82, 1965
- a new worker who cannot perform up to expected standards US
- “Don’t ever get hit on the head with one of these, some Joe happens to drop it.” He told her a Joe was an ironworker who couldn’t hack it. — Elmore Leonard, Killshot, p. 34, 1989
- a regular fellow US, 1911
- I knew him well. A nice Joe that had a heart of gold. — Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury, p. 44, 1947
- “This Angelo guy, he’s about the biggest joe in the Frisco rackets, isn’t he?” — Richard Prather, The Peddler, p. 11, 1952
- He was a good old joe, fat, happy, middlewestern. — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums, p. 101, 1958
- And others who seem to represent none but themselves, quirky joes, who shouted to the crowds to buy the Militant, or Sparticist, or National Liberation Front buttons. — Sidney Bernard, This Way to the Apocalypse, pp. 60–61, 1965
- used to create an imaginary person, first name Joe, last name the quality or characteristic that is personified US, 1912
- I meet the star of the show, Bill Leighton, whom I recognize as the typical Joe Moderator of countless afternoon programs. — James Simon Kunen, The Strawberry Statement, p. 56, 1968
- a member of the Navajo tribe US
An abbreviation of Nava-Joe. - — American Speech, p. 271, December 1963: “American Indian student slang”
- a prison inmate who is easily imposed upon UK
- — Home Office, Glossary of Terms and Slang Common in Penal Establishments, July 1978
- a police officer US
- Straite, who later stood outside the store, warned of Remington’s approach by yelling: “Here comes the Joes!”–street slang for police officers. — Washington Post, p. B3, 30 May 1987
- Schlitz beer US
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, March 1979
▶ out the Joe
completely drunk NEW ZEALAND- He’s out the monk. Really out the Joe. He’s made a fair dinkum job of himself today. — Ronald Hugh Morrieson, Come a Hot Friday, p. 122, 1964
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