 References to sloppy joes as sandwiches begin by the 1940s.One example from Ohio is a 1944 "Coshocton Tribune" ad under the heading "'Good Things to Eat' says 'Sloppy Joes' – 10c – Originated in Cuba – You'll ask for more – The Hamburg Shop" and elsewhere on the same page, "Hap is introducing that new sandwich at The Hamburg Shop – Sloppy Joes – 10c".The term "sloppy joe's" had an earlier definition of any cheap restaurant or lunch counter serving cheap food quickly or of a type of casual clothing.