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Joe miller
noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 A stale jest; a worn-out joke. colloquial, dated
"It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that there are only two reasons that can justify you in not returning trumps to your partner's lead; i.e., first, sudden illness; secondly, having none."
- 2 The point of something; the fun or utility in doing a thing. colloquial, dated
""Don't begin them boots till I gives yer the order," says Jinks, as he goes out. "No," I says, "I shan't;" nor I didn't neither, for I couldn't see the Joe Miller of it, and somehow or another Jinks never come inside my place again."
Etymology
After Joe Miller (actor) (1684–1738), the namesake of the 18th-century joke book Joe Miller's Jests.
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