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Poor Joe

noun

, Coastal Georgia, South Carolina, and the Bahamas.
  1. a heron.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Poor Joe1

1730–40, Americanism; probably < a West African source; compare Vai (Mande language of Liberia and Sierra Leone) podžo heron
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Example Sentences

A miserable little white crane called "Poor Joe" is common, and has the same habit.

He feels that he is the "Poor Joe" of the Army—under perpetual orders to "move on."

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