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Webster 1913 Edition
Joe Miller
Joe′ Mil′ler
.[From
Joseph Miller
, a comic actor, whose name was attached, after his death, to a popular jest book published in 1739.] 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. Pole.