Sloppy

They bend elbows in Sloppy Joe's-where Hemingway drank bare-chested and hitched his pants with anchor rope-then gather at Mallory Square, tequila sunrises in hand, to watch the sun go down in a flaming ball.

The Sea is on Fire 2002

But should we be concerned that one of the sponsors of the Police Firearms Officers' Association is a restaurant called Sloppy Joe's?

Hugh Muir's diary 2011

There are foods that have significance to a saint because the cuisine is from where he was born or lived or buried; a favorite food of a saint while he was living; a food derived from something that occurred in a saint's life; or just food named for the saint or someone named Joseph aka Sloppy Joes.

St. Joseph Salad Jennifer Gregory Miller 2009

That's quite a lot, and it seems that they were lifted from two Megan McCafferty novels, namely Sloppy Firsts followed by its sequel, Sloppy Seconds ... okay that was cheap and easy, but I couldn't pass it up, and Second Helpings.

Plagiarism is Bad, M'kay? RICHARD 2006

He hailed a passing jet cab, and climbing in, asked the driver, "Do you know a restaurant or a bar called Sloppy Sam's?"

Sabotage in Space Carey Rockwell

Long ago there was a staple of the hurried kitchen called the Sloppy Joe.

Hartford Courant blogs 2009

"Sloppy," Larry said, shaking his head disapprovingly.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

But the food in question looked more like baked beans, or maybe some kind of Sloppy Joe.

Excerpt: Dogwalker by Arthur Bradford 2001

"Sloppy" the hero in question, had a friend "Jack" in whom he was supposed to typify his own early and hard experiences before he became a convert to temperance; and Dickens used to point to "Jack" as the justification of himself and Mrs. Gamp for their portentous invention of Mrs. Harris.

The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844

In terms of raw square footage, able to swallow the Cobb Galleria Centre, the twin towers of the James H. "Sloppy" Floyd state office complex and the Varsity drive-in, all at once - with enough room left over for Tyler Perry's house.

Creative Loafing Atlanta Feed 2010