Sloppy Joe
or sloppy Joe
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.
Origin of Sloppy Joe
1First recorded in 1935–40
- Also sloppy joe (for defs. 1, 2) .
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British Dictionary definitions for sloppy joe
sloppy joe
/ (dʒəʊ) /
noun
informal a long baggy thin sweater
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