Australian rhyming slang for 'snake,' with 'Joe Blake' rhyming with 'snake.' Like most rhyming slang, it is typically used with only the first word ('a Joe Blake' rather than 'a Joe Blake snake'). The term is well-established in Australian English rhyming slang and appears in glossaries of Australian vernacular. It carries a casual, larrikin tone. Whether 'Joe Blake' refers to a real person or is an invented rhyming placeholder is not definitively established — the name may simply have been chosen for its sound.
He nearly stepped on a Joe Blake hiding under the corrugated iron — gave him the fright of his life.
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(Australia, rhyming slang) A snake.
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