Joe Doakes
Americannoun
plural
Joe DoakesEtymology
Origin of Joe Doakes
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Joe Doakes" cannot pay her bills, Meany warned, "he'll look for higher wages.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mere fact that the Venusian looks like any Joe Doakes walking down the street is a picayunish point.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.
Scientists, doctors, lawyers, merchants, and plain old Joe Doakes had seen UFO's, and their friends knew that they were responsible people.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.
Someone rushes in and tells you that Joe Doakes has been carried off by a flying saucer.
From The Flying Stingaree by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
"You sit there and talk about it like it was something that was going to happen to Joe Doakes and Oscar Zilch."
From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam
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