Holy Joe
Example Sentences
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Holy Joe was a complete bear, even in his dealings with heaven.
From Time Magazine Archive
His father, a fiery Methodist known as "Holy Joe," used to tell him: "When I take a thing to prayer, I always succeed."
From Time Magazine Archive
Such frivolities would no doubt have stirred the lightnings in Arthur's father, terrible-tempered "Holy Joe" Rank.
From Time Magazine Archive
Credited with some part in kicking "Holy Joe," Tammany stumbling block, upstairs into a $50,000 job was Tammany's foxy little Boss John Francis Curry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just a few days before the mate was ready to shoot Holy Joe for going below during his watch on deck, but he never bothered his head about Cockney's much worse offense.
From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman
