Joe Miller

American  

noun

1. a book of jokes.

2. an old, familiar joke; chestnut.

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Etymology

Origin of Joe Miller

First recorded in 1780–90; after Joe Miller's Jestbook (1739) by John Mottley

Example Sentences

Joe Miller lived for many years with his dad, Reed Miller, on Steelhead Drive, where they fished together for steelhead trout in the Stillaguamish River.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2024

In 2010, Ms. Murkowski lost a primary race to Joe Miller, a Tea Party candidate, but mounted a successful write-in campaign, becoming the first write-in candidate in more than 50 years to win an election.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

The GMB previously said it would not take part in further talks with the council until Tory councillor Joe Miller apologised for comparing the union's actions to those of terrorists.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2021

In grad school, my mentor, the late, great Joe Miller, used to say that any really good title had to work on multiple levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2021

A new species of wit is one of the last things which a student of Joe Miller would have thought it possible to invent.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various