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jeepney

[jeep-nee]
noun, plural jeep·neys.
  1. a Philippine twin-benched jitney bus, seating about a dozen passengers.
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Origin of jeepney

First recorded in 1945–50; Jeep + (jit)ney
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British Dictionary definitions for jeepney

jeepney

noun
  1. (in the Philippines) a jeep that has been customized and converted into a taxi
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Word Origin

C20: from jeep + jit (ney)
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