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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Joe

or a Joe Miller. A stale joke; so called from the compilation of jokes under that nom de plume. (See Miller.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Joey
Jockey of Norfolk
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