joes

Noun (1)

joe (plural joes)

1. (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.
   • I'm just an ordinary joe.
2. (UK, slang) A spy, especially a double agent.
   • Name me a joe in a bad country ... who doesn't fall for a pretty face if she's on his side against the world.2001, Tod Hoffman, Le Carré's Landscape, page 193
3. (historical) Synonym of johannes (“An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal.”).
   • I have seen doubloons before now in my voyagings; your doubloons of old Spain, your doubloons of Peru, your doubloons of Chili, your doubloons of Bolivia, your doubloons of Popayan; with plenty of gold moidores and pistoles, and joes, and half joes, and quarter joes.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter XCIX. The Doubloon”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 481

   Synonyms:

   johannes

Noun (2)

joe (countable and uncountable, plural joes)

1. (US, informal) Coffee.
   • In olden times, you'd wander down to Mom's Cafe for a bite to eat and a cup of joe, and you would feel right at home.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 178

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