Definitions
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- noun colloquial, dated A
stale jest ; a worn-outjoke .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Murkowski calls Joe Miller 'paranoid' in sign of GOP chaos
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As I said before, you take that celestial 'Joe Miller' of yours and work it off on somebody else.
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I mean that story in 'Joe Miller' where Pat remarked, in the hearing of a wag hard by, that 'the reciprocity was all on one side.'
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If our readers will turn to "Joe Miller," Page 45, they will find this jest attributed to the witty duke of Buckingham.
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Armey referenced the importance of the elections by pointing to the many primary elections that the tea party has influenced, such as Joe Miller in Alaska.
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Armey referenced the importance of the elections by pointing to the many primary elections that the tea party has influenced, such as Joe Miller in Alaska.
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History shows us that GOP primaries were never friendly to moderates, as we saw in Alaska with Joe Miller vs.
David Issacharoff: Sorry Folks, but God Won't Fix the Economy
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Joe Miller of Joe's Restaurant and Bar Pintxo, prepared a huge pan of paella with chorizo sausage, mussels and chicken mixed with a savory saffron rice.
Jay Weston: Share Our Strength Fights Childhood Hunger at Taste of Nation
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Chef Joe Miller of Joe's with a wonderful paella; it was one of my favorite dishes.
Jay Weston: Share Our Strength Fights Childhood Hunger at Taste of Nation
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In August 2010, the Twitter account for Joe Miller, who was running for Senate in Alaska, essentially compared his opponent, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, to a prostitute.
Social-Media Sites Turn Out to Present One More Land Mine for Politicians
ruzuzu commented on the word Joe Miller
"Joe Miller was a popular comic actor on the London stage from 1709 until his death in 1738. A year later, the publisher T. Read enlisted a down-and-out writer named John Mottley to compile a book of jokes, and stuck Miller’s name onto it. Not only did Joe Miller originate only a handful of the Jests published posthumously under his name; he was apparently illiterate.
The book proved wildly popular, and a series of ever-expanding editions followed: By 1865, there were nearly 1300 jests in the volume. Meanwhile, the late comedian’s name entered the vernacular: A Joe Miller is a groaner, a hackneyed joke."
- From http://www.staggernation.com/jmj/, where you can find 247 of Joe Miller's Jests: or, the Wits Vade-Mecum (my favorite is number 124).
July 24, 2010