jo

noun \ ˈjō \

Definition of jo

plural joes

chiefly Scotland

:sweetheart, dear —often used in addressing a person

John Anderson, my jo John
—Robert Burns

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His favorite meal of Ramsey’s were his sloppy joes.

— hasan dudar, Detroit Free Press, "Family, friends gather to see Detroit firefighter laid to rest," 3 Aug. 2017
Despite the simmering agita of her Rocky Mountain characters, this is fiction as comfort food, as goopy and pacifying as the sloppy joes Elena dishes out to the kids.

— jan stuart, New York Times, "Debut Novels for Armchair Olympians, Rom-Com Fans, and More," 16 June 2017
In the cafeteria, where a recent day’s choices included sloppy Joes and broccoli cheese soup, walls divide eating areas so that pod-mates eat together and not with other pods.

— jennifer brown, The Denver Post, "Fewer youths, more staff mean less violence at once-embattled youth detention center in Colorado Springs," 17 Apr. 2017
The project is funded by KickStarter, which lets regular Joes like you and me pledge money to cool projects like this.

— charlie sorrel, WIRED, "Bike Portraits: a Fascinating Gallery of South African Cyclists," 3 June 2010

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