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Holy Joe
noun
a chaplain, especially in the U.S. armed forces.
a minister or priest.
a sanctimonious or overly pious person.
Holy Joe
noun
a minister or chaplain
any sanctimonious or self-righteous person
Word History and Origins
Origin of Holy Joe1
Example Sentences
You may be backed by Limbaugh and by all the other schlock jocks, But Holy Joe and I have this election in a lockbox.
“It can sound a bit Holy Joe, but we believe football has a special place in society,” he said.
The ones they've had at every school I've gone to, they all have these Holy Joe voices when they start giving their sermons.
Red, Woolly, Punk and a saturnine-faced Texan whose addiction to unique expletives of an unconventional nature had secured for him the sobriquet of "Holy Joe."
“Holy Joe!” exclaimed the hobo looking up with sudden interest, “say, how long ago did he leave?”
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