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joe

1

[ joh ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. If you're looking for a pastry or breakfast sandwich to go with your morning cup of joe, we’ve got you covered!



Joe

2

[ joh ]

noun

  1. (sometimes lowercase) Informal. fellow; guy:

    the average Joe who works for a living.

  2. Informal. a personification of a typical, often unprepossessing representative of an occupation, personality trait, state of being, etc., that is expressed, sometimes metonymically, as a mock surname:

    Joe Lunchbucket working hard at some factory and paying his taxes year after year; political con artists relying on the gullibility of Joe Schmo.

  3. a male given name, form of Joseph.

Joe

/ dʒəʊ /

noun

  1. a man or fellow
  2. a GI; soldier
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of joe1

First recorded in 1840–50; of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

I just did one [Geezer] with Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day.

Vice President Joe Biden spoke, followed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, then Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton.

Joe and the record label were behind him all the way: look at the full-page ad in Billboard the previous week.

How fitting that Joe Cocker would get a little help from his friend Billy Joel.

English blues and rock singer Joe Cocker has died at age 70.

Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.

For a moment Joe stood behind her, silently, looking over her shoulder at the signature of Isom Chase.

Joe,” said Mr. Wardle, after an unsuccessful search in all his pockets, “is my snuff-box on the sofa?

The dinner was at last concluded, and men and boys went off to the hay-field, leaving Dorothy alone with Mrs. Joe and the baby.

Black Hood brought the car around in a wide sweeping turn to head back toward the gate, had to swerve to avoid hitting Joe Strong.

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