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- proper noun US, informal The
typical ,everyday person who does not have any special status, frequently in contrast to some group.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Just because Joe Schmoe has no law degree does not make him wrong.
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And this was from a time before every Joe Schmoe started being famous for 15 minutes.
The Andy Warhol diaries, edited by Pat Hackett – review Nicholas Lezard 2010
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Just because Joe Schmoe has no law degree does not make him wrong.
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Nicholas Lezard on a man more famous than Joe Schmoe
The Andy Warhol diaries, edited by Pat Hackett – review Nicholas Lezard 2010
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If a supreme court justice can mess this up, it makes me nervous about what Joe Schmoe lawyer can screw up.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Sotomayor Misstatement of Kelo: 2009
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Is the average hacker concerned in hacking Joe Schmoe?
WEP Cracking Redux: Beyond The Command Line | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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By the way, counting the money Joe Schmoe, the sales clerk at your local gas station and Mary Sue Schmoe, his wife, contributed to a campaign as "taking money from a industry" is pretty ridiculous, regardless which campaign.
New Hillary Ad: Obama Only Takes On Oil Companies "On TV" 2009
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By Joe Schmoe, I mean someone that is not a big-shot also in the field.
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Its too bad our dangerously right-leaning establishment makes it so damned hard for Joe Schmoe to see the forest for the trees sometimes ....
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Its too bad our dangerously right-leaning establishment makes it so damned hard for Joe Schmoe to see the forest for the trees sometimes ....
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