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- noun colloquial, dated A
stale jest ; a worn-outjoke .
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Murkowski calls Joe Miller 'paranoid' in sign of GOP chaos
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As I said before, you take that celestial 'Joe Miller' of yours and work it off on somebody else.
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I mean that story in 'Joe Miller' where Pat remarked, in the hearing of a wag hard by, that 'the reciprocity was all on one side.'
Armadale Wilkie Collins 1856
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If our readers will turn to "Joe Miller," Page 45, they will find this jest attributed to the witty duke of Buckingham.
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself Etienne-L��on Lamothe-Langon 1825
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Armey referenced the importance of the elections by pointing to the many primary elections that the tea party has influenced, such as Joe Miller in Alaska.
Forum: News/Activism 2010
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Armey referenced the importance of the elections by pointing to the many primary elections that the tea party has influenced, such as Joe Miller in Alaska.
Latest Articles 2010
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History shows us that GOP primaries were never friendly to moderates, as we saw in Alaska with Joe Miller vs.
David Issacharoff: Sorry Folks, but God Won't Fix the Economy David Issacharoff 2012
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Joe Miller of Joe's Restaurant and Bar Pintxo, prepared a huge pan of paella with chorizo sausage, mussels and chicken mixed with a savory saffron rice.
Jay Weston: Share Our Strength Fights Childhood Hunger at Taste of Nation Jay Weston 2011
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Chef Joe Miller of Joe's with a wonderful paella; it was one of my favorite dishes.
Jay Weston: Share Our Strength Fights Childhood Hunger at Taste of Nation Jay Weston 2011
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In August 2010, the Twitter account for Joe Miller, who was running for Senate in Alaska, essentially compared his opponent, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, to a prostitute.
Social-Media Sites Turn Out to Present One More Land Mine for Politicians Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word Joe Miller
"Joe Miller was a popular comic actor on the London stage from 1709 until his death in 1738. A year later, the publisher T. Read enlisted a down-and-out writer named John Mottley to compile a book of jokes, and stuck Miller’s name onto it. Not only did Joe Miller originate only a handful of the Jests published posthumously under his name; he was apparently illiterate.
The book proved wildly popular, and a series of ever-expanding editions followed: By 1865, there were nearly 1300 jests in the volume. Meanwhile, the late comedian’s name entered the vernacular: A Joe Miller is a groaner, a hackneyed joke."
- From http://www.staggernation.com/jmj/, where you can find 247 of Joe Miller's Jests: or, the Wits Vade-Mecum (my favorite is number 124).
July 24, 2010