joes
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of joes
short for the Joe Blakes
Example Sentences
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The providers have passed those fees on to average TV-watching joes.
From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025
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
If your ideas of sloppy joes are still tied to school cafeterias and Adam Sandler movies, it's time you grabbed a big pile of napkins and rethought tonight's dinner.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2021
She misses cooking sloppy joes for her six grandchildren.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2021
No one’s exactly sure what’s in the sloppy joes, but everyone agrees that they’re gross.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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