Holy Joe
Americannoun
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a chaplain, especially in the U.S. armed forces.
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a minister or priest.
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a sanctimonious or overly pious person.
noun
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a minister or chaplain
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any sanctimonious or self-righteous person
Etymology
Origin of Holy Joe
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Jimmy" Walker had to pay 5¾% for money, "Holy Joe McKee got it for 5¼%.
From Time Magazine Archive
Credited with some part in kicking "Holy Joe," Tammany stumbling block, upstairs into a $50,000 job was Tammany's foxy little Boss John Francis Curry.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Holy Joe" McKee, grave, handsome, scholarly, was born & bred in the sprawling Bronx north of the Harlem River.
From Time Magazine Archive
His father, a fiery Methodist known as "Holy Joe," used to tell him: "When I take a thing to prayer, I always succeed."
From Time Magazine Archive
Aye, Holy Joe might have been the skipper, himself, from his air.
From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman
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