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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sloppy Joe1

First recorded in 1935–40

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