'Joe Miller' definitions:
Definition of 'Joe Miller'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]