Joe Blakes

See also: joe blakes

English

Noun

Joe Blakes

1. plural of Joe Blake

Noun

Joe Blakes pl (plural only)

1. (Australia, rhyming slang) The shakes; delirium tremens.
   • 1998, Keith B. Saunders, Myall Road, page 91:

     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.