Green’s Dictionary of Slang

joe brown n.

town.

1893		cited in J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl. (1960).
1960		J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.
1992		R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.
2002		K. Lucas ‘All my life I’ve wanted to be a Barrow Boy’ in Obfuscation News Apr. Issue 20 🌐 By the way, said Maurice, have you a Bottle of Sauce to pull the Smash and Grab. I presume you are going to be a Westminster Abbey with all your knowledge of the Joe Brown?