joe n.4
(US) coffee; thus blond joe, coffee with cream.
![]() | Osgar und Adolf [comic strip] in Tacoma Times 27 Feb. 4: Diss moosik box shoult make you der orders plain, Adolf. For instance ven id plays ‘Old Black Joe’ id means coffee mitoudt cream. | |
![]() | Danville (VA) Bee 27 May 3/1: The U.S. Navy has a language or a ‘slanguage’ all its own. For instance [...] coffee is ‘joe.’. | |
![]() | Amer. Tramp and Und. Sl. 110: Joe. –Coffee. Probably a contraction of ‘ jamoke.’. | |
![]() | East of Farewell 5: Bring Ensign Maxon a cuppa joe. | |
![]() | On the Waterfront (1964) 93: Le’s go down get some more joe. | |
![]() | Morn. Call (Allentown, PA) 24 Feb. 17/2: Waitresses [...] probably wouldn’t understand the ‘blond Joe’ which old timers used to ask for coffee with cream. | |
![]() | Chosen Few (1966) 107: I put cream and sugar in th’ joe. | |
![]() | Bounty of Texas (1990) 208: jo, n. – coffee. | ‘Catheads [...] and Cho-Cho Sticks’ in Abernethy|
![]() | Muscle for the Wing 53: Shade walked over to the coffeepots and helped himself to a cup. He then returned to his stool and blew on the joe. | |
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![]() | Arizona Republican 23 Jan. A2: As Mayrene poured with a practiced hand, up to the brim, you smiled at the coffee shop slang and breathed in the friendly aroma of fresh-brewed. Cuppa joe. Black. | |
![]() | Drop Dead, My Lovely (2005) 231: She blew across the top of her joe. | |
![]() | (con. 1973) Johnny Porno 80: I’ll buy you a cup of joe. | |
![]() | Lives Laid Away [ebook] ‘Coffee, too, baby?’ Lady B said, grinning. ‘Cup of joe be nice’. |