little Joe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of little Joe
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Sam Smathers remembers his assistant coach, Heath Bullock, as they watched little Joe Burrow bound up the hill, say, “Hey, here comes ‘Joe Cool,’ your next quarterback.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
A mean baby-sitter, tired of listening to little Joe play with the phone as he always did, constantly, put a lock on the phone dial.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2011
He patterned his game after Forsberg, with a little Joe Sakic - another of his boyhood idols - sprinkled in for good measure.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2011
Joe's mother was a cook who had to work at her trade; that was why she boarded out little Joe with the family of Gus Schmall.
From Time Magazine Archive
Old man Malloy was being wheeled down the sidewalk by little Joe.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
