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joey
noun- a clown UK, 1889
An abbreviation of the name of legendary clown Joseph Grimaldi (1779–1837). - There is a tendency today to talk about any circus funny man who does not wear the clown’s full white make-up as an auguste, but really he should be called a joey. — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 22, 1954
- an errand-runner in a drug-dealing operation UK
Probably from the previous sense as “clown”. - You, you are just the fuckin’ gofer anyway son. You’re only the Joey as they say at your end of the business. — J.J. Connolly, Know Your Enemy, p. 158, 1999
- I became Spencer’s gofer, his Joey, and worked a twenty-four-hour shift[.] — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 64, 2000
- a baby AUSTRALIA
- An’ you can stuff that bloody muck I bought off you [contraceptive pessaries]. Ma’s got another joey in th’ pouch, that’s how good it is. — Walter Gill, Petermann Journey, p. 14, 1968
- Other synonyms [for abortion] include “slip a joey”[.] — Nancy Keesing, Lily on the Dustbin, p. 36, 1982
- a youthful, attractive homosexual male prostitute AUSTRALIA
- — Maledicta, p. 220, 1979: “Kinks and queens: linguistic and cultural aspects of the terminology for gays”
- a young kangaroo or wallaby still living in the pouch; the young of any marsupial AUSTRALIA, 1839
Origin unknown; the earliest example (1828) refers to a young possum. Later “joey” was also applied to the young of various animals, such as parrots, horses and cattle, but is now restricted as defined. - Her and the dog put up a kanga with a fair-sized joey[.] — Arthur Upfield, Bony and the Mouse, p. 13, 1959
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 50, 1977
- — Glyn Parry, Mosh, p. 42, 1996
- an Anglo-Australian person AUSTRALIA
Used as a, somewhat mild, derogatory term by Australians of - Mediterranean and Middle Eastern background.
- The badly-maligned “Wogs” (Dapto dogs/Chocolate frogs) are finally wreaking revenge on Anglo-Saxon kids. “Aussies” are “Skips” or “Joeys”. — Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7, 3 January 1987
- in prison, illicit goods, an illegal parcel UK, 1950
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 66, 1996
- Yes please one little ten-pound joey sir! — Jeremy Cameron, Brown Bread in Wengen, p. 112, 1999
- We went up to see the guy, brought him up a joey of bits and pieces. — J.J. Connolly, Layer Cake, p. 240, 2000
- a condom NEW ZEALAND
- “We don’t sell sex,” she tells me, “but joeys (condoms). We offer the client a joey for say $40 or $50 more.” — Metro, p. 40, April 1984
- the bleed period of the menstrual cycle UK, 1984
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