\Joe" Mil"ler\ [From Joseph Miller, a comic actor,
whose name was attached, after his death, to a popular jest
book published in 1739.]
A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. [Colloq.]
      It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that there
      are only two reasons that can justify you in not
      returning trumps to your partner's lead; i. e., first,
      sudden illness; secondly, having none.   --Pole.