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 Jockey of Norfolk.Joey. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Joe or a Joe Miller.
 
A stale joke; so called from the compilation of jokes under that nom de plume. (See MILLER.)   1
 


 Jockey of Norfolk.Joey. 

 
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