Joe-blow
noun, Slang.
1.
an average citizen; man in the street.
noun phrase
(Variations: Doakes or Storch or Zilch may replace Blow) Any man; the average man; john doe: the average black ”Mr Joe Blow”
[entry form 1920s+ Jazz musicians, Doakes 1943+, Storch 1960s+, Zilch 1925+; fr the blowing of the musician, later probably thought of as referring to big talk]
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