jarvey
Americannoun
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jarveys
plural
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a hackney coachman.
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a hackney coach.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of jarvey
1790–1800; special use of Jarvey, variant of Jarvis proper name
Example Sentences
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In the square by the post-office, a number of cars were drawn up along the curb, and, picking out the best-looking one, I told the jarvey where we wanted to go.
From The Charm of Ireland by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Finally I picked out the least disreputable one and looked the jarvey in the eye.
From The Charm of Ireland by Burton Egbert Stevenson
He will give you an Irish jarvey one moment and Henry Irving the next, and the children led him on.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by George Newnes
It should be added, in justice to the worthy citizen, that a half crown immediately rewarded the witty jarvey for his ready joke.
Once the bargain is concluded, your jarvey is the most agreeable and obliging of fellows.
From The Charm of Ireland by Burton Egbert Stevenson
There were no cabs or jaunting cars because we had not been expected so early, and the jarveys were in attendance on the Holyhead steamer.
From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
But the jarveys returned, and by a circuitous route reached Limerick viâ Killaloe, thanking Heaven for their whole skins, and vowing never to so risk them again.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
All these considerations led me to the irresistible conclusion that Jefferson Hope was to be found among the jarveys of the Metropolis.
From A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
An anecdote, illustrative of the wit of Irish "jarveys," is going the rounds in Dublin.
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