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good Joe

American  

noun

Informal.
  1. a warm-hearted, good-natured person.


Etymology

Origin of good Joe

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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He’s a good Joe and looks a lot like PSC, heh, heh.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2017

The surprise ability of Smith — “Nobody knew how good Joe was going to be,” Simpkins said — made them formidable.

From Washington Times • Nov. 16, 2015

"He is virtually blind from cataracts, has no sense of smell - but his hearing is good," Joe tells me.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2014

She is mildly mystified by the pure love that good Joe Gotten offers her.

From Time Magazine Archive

O dear, good Joe, whom I was so ready to leave, and so unthankful to—I see you again to-day, and in a very different light.

From Ten Boys from Dickens by Williams, George Alfred