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Joe Blake
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joe blake
English
Alternative forms
en joe blake
Pronunciation
en en-au-Joe Blake.ogg AU
Noun
en Australia rhyming slang A snake.
en 1998 w:Bryce Courtenay Jessica http://books.google.com.au/books?id=w_AmLgbP-18C&pg=PT20&dq=%22joe+blake%22%7C%22joe+blakes%22+snake+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9xyRT-ezLIb_mAXKtuHzAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22joe%20blake%22%7C%22joe%20blakes%22%20snake%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered ‘Snakes kill. Nobody fools around with Joe Blakes, girlie. Bloke who fools around with snakes is a flamin′ idiot.’
en 2007 Archie Gerzee WOW! Tales of a Larrikin Adventurer 68 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=05TwkwbxYXYC&pg=PA68&dq=%22joe+blake%22%7C%22joe+blakes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NBWRT7vZLOn-mAWt2YGJAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22joe%20blake%22%7C%22joe%20blakes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false There was Bill, holding the biggest flamin′ snake I have ever seen.And away he trundles, with his Joe Blake wrapped around himself.
en 2007 Pip Wilson Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push 7 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NcO7t8G-yQ8C&pg=PA500&dq=%22joe+blake%22%7C%22joe+blakes%22+snake+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9RiRT-7RAqyamQXg9cXpAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22joe%20blake%22%7C%22joe%20blakes%22%20snake%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false “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 —”
See also
en Joe Blakes the shakes
Category:Australian rhyming slang
en Snakes