Lexic.us

Definition of Joe blow

1. Noun. A hypothetical average man.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Joe Blow

Literary usage of Joe blow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Romance of the Republic by Lydia Maria Francis Child (1867)
"Blow, Joe, blow ! ' Sam, he found Re and La. And in the course of two months we got so we could play Old Hundred. I don't pretend to say we could do il as ..."

2. Corporate Crime in America: Strengthening the "Good Citizen" Corporation edited by Richard P. Conaboy (1998)
"Well, I've got to figure out who is joe blow, where does he work. Now, in this company, I have 170000 employees. When I was with GE, I had 240000 or ..."

3. Truth from the "Zog Bog" by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"Russell is an important ROYALTY EUTE name from Europe and Lao was also from such lineage--there was not silence on the subject as if “joe blow” had ..."

4. Great Britain Railways: Accidents. Court of Inquiry Reports by Great Britain Board of Trade (1874)
"I said to the driver, " For God's sake, Joe, blow up, for here's a train coming up." He did so, while I hallooed and showed a red light. ..."

5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. 1960-1999: Memorial Tributes in the 106th edited by Strom Thurmond (2001)
"If I were joe blow, would she take my call? There's a soap-opera banality to such questions, but that doesn't make them less real to a young man. ..."

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