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Sloppy Joe's

American  

noun

Slang.
  1. greasy spoon.


Example Sentences

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This would be the year I would scratch that itch — the 42nd contest, scheduled for July 19-22 at Sloppy Joe’s.

From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Gerrit Marshall, a retired television broadcast engineer from Madison, prevailed Saturday night at Sloppy Joe’s Bar, a frequent hangout of Ernest Hemingway when he lived in Key West during the 1930s.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023

The men performed at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Florida where Hemingway was a frequent customer in the 1930s.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2021

I’ve always thought it was no accident that Gellhorn, an accomplished international journalist, turned up in Sloppy Joe’s, the favorite Key West bar of the young celebrity novelist.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2018

In the winter of 1962, she traveled to Key West to visit Betty and Telly Otto “Toby” Bruce, who retrieved a pile of boxes left in a storeroom behind Sloppy Joe’s Bar, Hemingway’s favorite saloon.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2017

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