joe blake

noun

A snake.

Meanings

joe blake1

nounjoe blake (plural joe blakes)

plural joe blakes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Joe Blake.

Joe Blake2

nounJoe Blake (plural Joe Blakes)

plural Joe Blakes · alternative joe blake

  1. AustraliaslangA snake.

    ‘[…]Snakes kill. Nobody fools around with Joe Blakes, girlie. Bloke who fools around with snakes is a flamin′ idiot.’

    1998, Bryce Courtenay, Jessica, unnumbered page
    2 more examples

    There was Bill, holding the biggest flamin′ snake I have ever seen.[…]And away he trundles, with his Joe Blake wrapped around himself.

    2007, Archie Gerzee, WOW! Tales of a Larrikin Adventurer, page 68

    “I really don′t think ...” Jim laughs, “I really don′t think the Russian knew the Joe Blake was in there when he passed you the pannikin at Kelly′s Bore. And then, when you drank from it —”

    2007, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 7

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