Example Sentences

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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 Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

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 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

An anecdote, illustrative of the wit of Irish "jarveys," is going the rounds in Dublin.

From The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. by Various

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 Buckley, Robert John