Noun: jo (joes) jow
Usage: UK, archaic, dialect
Usage: UK, archaic, dialect
- A special loved one
"The elderly couple still called each other 'jo' after fifty years of marriage";
- darling, favorite [US], favourite [Brit, Cdn], pet, dearie [Brit, informal], deary [informal], ducky [informal], acushla [Ireland], honeybunch [informal], duckie [informal], honeybun [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: joes
Type of: lover
Encyclopedia: Jo, Zette and Jocko