good Joe
Americannoun
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
"Mayor Amalfi is a good Joe and does not want anything in the papers until a real strike comes along, but the word gets out anyhow, as it always does."
From Occasion for Disaster by Garrett, Randall
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