little Joe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of little Joe
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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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
The sporting press has found a "little Joe Louis," lightweight Ray Robinson.
From Time Magazine Archive
And by noon, many citizens engaged in various local enterprises were talking excitedly to each other about how feisty little Joe Mondragon had gone and diverted the water illegally into his parents’ no-account beanfield.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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