Joe Miller

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A stale jest; a worn-out joke.

   “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.”

2. isim The point of something; the fun or utility in doing a thing.

   “"Don't begin them boots till I gives yer the order," says Jinks, as he goes out. "No," I says, "I shan't;" nor I didn't neither, for I couldn't see the Joe Miller of it, and somehow or another Jinks never come inside my place again.”