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Joe Miller   Listen
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Joe Miller  n.  A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. (Colloq.) "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."






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"Joe Miller" Quotes from Famous Books



... the school-boy wag of the party, applying an old Joe Miller to the occasion, "why is Mr Riprapton like pens, ...
— Rattlin the Reefer • Edward Howard



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