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Joe Miller

noun

  1. a book of jokes.
  2. an old, familiar joke; chestnut.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Joe Miller1

First recorded in 1780–90; after Joe Miller's Jestbook (1739) by John Mottley

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Example Sentences

Could the NSA scandal propel Alaska Republican Joe Miller to the U.S. Senate in 2014?

When Joe Miller ran for Senate in Alaska, he Tweeted that he was looking at real estate in D.C.

It also helps if your party opponent is seriously flawed (as Joe Miller, detainer of pesky journalists, proved himself to be).

If she does win, look for Sarah Palin to blame all media and, more than likely, a memorable concession speech from Joe Miller.

Sarah Palin strikes out at the media—and Joe Miller's opponents—with a hail of appearances, tweets and Facebook messages.

One of them was a Joe Miller jest-book, with the stories from which she used greatly to astonish the family circle.

Duck wrote the epitaph for the tombstone over the remains of Joe Miller of mirthful memory.

It has always seemed to me like one of Mr. Joe Miller's stories put into tedious verse.'

Dictionary (a veritable Richardson, very long ago foretold by Joe Miller), is guilty of the same inconsistency.

Joe Miller was a fact, and Modern Research shall not rob us of that conviction!

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