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little Joe noun a roll of four in craps US, 1890 Often elaborated with a rhyming place name, in the pattern “little Joe from Kokomo” (or Chicago, Idaho, Lake Tahoe, Mexico, Ohio, Tokyo).- “Little Joe from Kokomo,” one of the coloured fellows murmured, looking at me. — Chester Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go, p. 32, 1945
- “There it was–Little Joe or Phoebe, Big Dick or Eighter from Decatur, double trey the hard way and dice be nice.” — Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm, p. 11, 1949
- — Frank Garcia, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice, p. 262, 1962
- There for a while all I could hear was “snake eyes,” “little joes,” and “carp out, Lord.” It was lovely. — Guy Owen, The Flim-Flam Man and the Apprentice Grifter, p. 117, 1972
- — Chris Fagans and David Guzman, A Guide to Craps Lingo, p. 15, 1999
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