joes
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of joes
short for the Joe Blakes
Example Sentences
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“It’ll be a good fight,” Marfisee said, as residents in the adjacent cafeteria carried trays of sloppy joes and burgers to their lunch tables.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
The providers have passed those fees on to average TV-watching joes.
From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025
It's a dessert you make for people you love and feel comfortable around, perhaps to cap off a hearty chili or some slider sloppy joes.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2023
It leans on such veggies as chickpeas, sweet potatoes and cauliflower, like a sloppy joes that uses cannellini beans and cauliflower florets.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2021
The tension wasn’t from Dad’s very sloppy joes.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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