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• garvey
  garvey

  noun

  a scowlike open boat, variously propelled, used by oyster and clam fishermen in Delaware Bay and off the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey.
• Garvey
  Garvey

  noun

  Marcus (Moziah) 1887–1940, Jamaican Black civil rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of Black Americans to Africa.

garvey

¹ American  

[gahr-vee] / ˈgɑr vi /

noun

• garveys
  plural

1. a scowlike open boat, variously propelled, used by oyster and clam fishermen in Delaware Bay and off the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey.

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Garvey ² American  

[gahr-vee] / ˈgɑr vi /

noun

1. Marcus (Moziah) 1887–1940, Jamaican Black civil rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of Black Americans to Africa.

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Garvey British  

/ ˈɡɑːvɪ /

noun

1. Marcus. 1887–1940, Jamaican Black nationalist leader, active in the US. He founded (1914) the Universal Negro Improvement Association and led the Back-to-Africa movement: gaoled for fraud (1925–27)

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Noun Inflected Forms

• garveys
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of garvey

First recorded in 1895–1900; probably from a proper name

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Example Sentences

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In spite of Barnegat Bay's extensive oyster beds and its proximity to New Haven, the sharpie never became popular in that region, where a small sailing scow known as the "garvey" was already in favor.

From The Migrations of an American Boat Type by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle

The garvey was commonly 24 to 26 feet long with a beam on deck of 6 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 6 inches and a bottom of 5 feet to 5 feet 3 inches.

From The Migrations of an American Boat Type by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle

Professor Garvey believes this approach could eventually help patients preserve the health improvements associated with losing weight, including better blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

“It’s been a good week for U.S. bond auctions,” ING’s Padhraic Garvey, regional head of research for the Americas, and Benjamin Schroeder, senior rates strategist, said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Judge Cullum told Garvey while he had previously been "a hardworking and qualified solicitor" he had "found kudos by being around high status criminals".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“That’s a policy choice that does not change anything. It just reduces the cash that Treasury has on deposit,” Padhraic Garvey, regional head of research, Americas, for ING, said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

As Garvey blew out the lantern, Cole pulled the blanket over himself and lay back on the foam mattress.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

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