Sloppy Joe

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noun

a sandwich of ground beef cooked in a spicy tomato or barbecue sauce and usually served on a bun.

a baggy, overlarge sweater originally worn by girls and young women in the 1940s.

a man or youth whose appearance is habitually slovenly.

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Also sloppy joe (for defs. 1, 2) .

Origin of Sloppy Joe

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby Sloppy Joe

slop jar, slop out, slop-over, slop pail, sloppy, Sloppy Joe, Sloppy Joe's, slopshop, slop sink, slopwork, slorm

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How to use Sloppy Joe in a sentence

I just did one [Geezer] with Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day.
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Vice President Joe Biden spoke, followed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, then Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton.
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Joe and the record label were behind him all the way: look at the full-page ad in Billboard the previous week.
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How fitting that Joe Cocker would get a little help from his friend Billy Joel.
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English blues and rock singer Joe Cocker has died at age 70.
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Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
For a moment Joe stood behind her, silently, looking over her shoulder at the signature of Isom Chase.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Joe,” said Mr. Wardle, after an unsuccessful search in all his pockets, “is my snuff-box on the sofa?
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
The dinner was at last concluded, and men and boys went off to the hay-field, leaving Dorothy alone with Mrs. Joe and the baby.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
Black Hood brought the car around in a wide sweeping turn to head back toward the gate, had to swerve to avoid hitting Joe Strong.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Sloppy Joe

sloppy joe

/ (dʒəʊ) /

noun

informal a long baggy thin sweater

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