Sloppy Joe

or sloppy 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.

  1. a man or youth whose appearance is habitually slovenly.

Origin of Sloppy Joe

1
First 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
  1. informal a long baggy thin sweater

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