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

After Dudukgian rested for the plaintiffs, Eastman’s attorney, Joe Miller, asked the case be dismissed, which the judge rejected.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022

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

Prominent among them "Joe Miller the Younger" had professed for him at first a particular friendship which, when contemptuously rejected, turned, like the love of a woman scorned, to hate.

From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)