"little joe from kokomo" and "african billiards"

[Jonathan Lighter]

One novel of the Korean War has "Little Joe from Yongdongpo!"

In craps "Little Joe" always means "fo'."  I mean, "four."

JL

Jim Parish <jparish at SIUE.EDU> wrote:
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Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
> ...and he grew up to be Joe Schmo from Kokomo.

My father's version was always "Joe Blow from Kokomo".

Jim Parish

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