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average joe

American  

noun

  1. an ordinary person or citizen; an average man.


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Oodles of palm trees and the vegetation have been planted to shield the "average joe" from his uber clients.

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2015

Brutal training regimes and the dreaded ITB syndrome feature in a story that celebrates the often life-changing effects marathon running can have on the average joe.

From The Guardian Mar. 1, 2013

It's about cowardice and failure – at best, reconciling yourself to being an average joe.

From The Guardian Sep. 16, 2010

Still, I concede that the average joe prefers Windows computers, which account for more than 90% of the machines on the Internet, according to the Web-monitoring firm Net Applications.

From Time Magazine Archive

And what does all this mean for the average joe?

From Time Magazine Archive

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