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Joe Doakes

[dohks] / doʊks /
NOUN
John Doe
Synonyms
WEAK
Everyman Jane Doe Joe Blow Joe Sixpack John Q. Public John Smith Mr Brown Mr. Nobody Richard Roe average Joe average person common man man in the street ordinary Joe

Example Sentences

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Joe Doakes" cannot pay her bills, Meany warned, "he'll look for higher wages.

From Time Magazine Archive

If it's good for Mr. Austin, why isn't it good for Joe Doakes?

From Time Magazine Archive

Someone rushes in and tells you that Joe Doakes has been carried off by a flying saucer.

From Project Gutenberg

"You sit there and talk about it like it was something that was going to happen to Joe Doakes and Oscar Zilch."

From Project Gutenberg

Scientists, doctors, lawyers, merchants, and plain old Joe Doakes had seen UFO's, and their friends knew that they were responsible people.

From Project Gutenberg

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.