Joe Miller

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• joe-joe

  joey interjection, then a verb,now obsolete. Explained in quotations. 1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years ...

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• Joe

  ·noun ·see <<Johannes>>. ...

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• joe

  joey interjection, then a verb,now obsolete. Explained in quotations. 1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Miller

  ·noun The eagle ray. II. Miller ·noun The hen harrier. III. Miller ·noun A milling machine. IV. M...

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• miller

  A murderer. ...

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• miller

  n. a local name for the Cicada. See Locust (quotation, 1896). ...

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• cob-joe

  a nut at the end of a string. Derb. ...

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• Miller, Hugh

  (1802-1856) Geologist, and man of letters, b. at Cromarty, had the ordinary parish school education...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Miller, Thomas

  (1807-1874) Poet and novelist, of humble parentage, worked in early life as a basket-maker. He pub....

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• ken miller

  A housebreaker. CANT. ...

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• Joe-Pye weed

  ·- A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled...

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• drowning the miller

  Adding too much water to wine or spirits; from the term when too much water has been put into a bowl...

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• miller, to drown the

  To put an overdose of water to grog. ...

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