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joes

British

/ dʒəʊz /

plural noun

informal a fit of depression

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Etymology

Origin of joes

short for the Joe Blakes

Example Sentences

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The providers have passed those fees on to average TV-watching joes.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

The 200-seat bar also introduced many esoteric beer styles to the average joes who were only familiar with IPAs and Rainier.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

If your ideas of sloppy joes are still tied to school cafeterias and Adam Sandler movies, it's time you grabbed a big pile of napkins and rethought tonight's dinner.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2021

She misses cooking sloppy joes for her six grandchildren.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2021

I might have been sick of mangled meat loaf and puked-up sloppy joes, but Dad’s guilt was not the way I wanted to get edible food back in my life.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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