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Joe Soap
"Joe Soap" is British rhyming slang denoting a foolish stooge or scapegoat, ''Joe'' being an ordinary person, with ''Soap'' as a rhyme for ''dope''. ==History==
The phrase appeared in a 1943 book of military slang by John Hunt and Alan Pringle: ''“Joe Soap, the ‘dumb’ or not so intelligent members of the forces. The men who are ‘over-willing’ and therefore the usual ‘stooges’.”'' The name Joe Soap appears in the WW1 song "Joe Soap's Army", sung to the tune of "Onward, Christian Soldiers". ("Forward, Joe Soap's army, marching without fear, with our brave commander, safely in the rear.")
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