n.
笑话集(1793年出版), 老掉牙的笑话

Joe Miller \Joe" Mil"ler\ [From Joseph Miller, a comic actor,
whose name was attached, after his death, to a popular jest
book published in 1739.]
A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. [Colloq.]

It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that there
are only two reasons that can justify you in not
returning trumps to your partner's lead; i. e., first,
sudden illness; secondly, having none. --Pole.