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[Joe Doakes] {n.} A name used informally for the average man. * /Let us say that Joe Doakes goes to the movies three times a year./ Compare: [MAN IN THE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[man in the street] {n. phr.} The man who is just like most other men; the average man; the ordinary man. * /The newspaper took a poll of the man […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[John Q. Public] {n.} A name used informally for the average citizen. * /It is John Q. Public's duty to vote at each election./ Compare: [JOE DOAKES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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