Joe Blakes en · NOUN
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of Joe Blake
form of Joe Blake
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(Australia, plural, plural-only, slang) The shakes; delirium tremens.
I've had enough, mate. A bloody man is starting to get the Joe Blakes and the dry retches and if a man keeps this up I'm sure to finish in the rat house with the DTs at this rate.
1998, Keith B. Saunders, Myall Road, page 91: