bare-bellied Joe

noun

A ewe with little or no wool on its belly, therefore requiring less time to shear.

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Meanings

nounbare-bellied Joe (plural bare-bellied Joes)

plural bare-bellied Joes

  1. AustraliainformalA ewe with little or no wool on its belly, therefore requiring less time to shear.

Origin

Variant of bare-bellied yoe (dialectal form of ewe), with final /d/ of bellied joining with initial /j/ of yeo to form /d͡ʒ/.

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bare-bellied Joe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bare-bellied%20Joe

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“bare-bellied Joe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bare-bellied%20Joe. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bare-bellied Joe,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bare-bellied%20Joe.

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