Sloppy Joe

or sloppy Joe

noun

1. a sandwich of ground beef cooked in a spicy tomato or barbecue sauce and usually served on a bun.
2. a baggy, overlarge sweater originally worn by girls and young women in the 1940s.
3. a man or youth whose appearance is habitually slovenly.

sloppy joe

/ dʒəʊ /

noun

1. informal.
   a long baggy thin sweater

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sloppy Joe¹

First recorded in 1935–40