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jarvey
[ jahr-vee ]
noun
, Irish English.
, plural jar·veys.
- a hackney coachman.
- a hackney coach.
jarvey
/ ˈdʒɑːvɪ /
noun
- informal.a hackney coachman
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jarvey1
1790–1800; special use of Jarvey, variant of Jarvis proper name
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jarvey1
C19: from Jarvey, familiar form of personal name Jarvis
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Example Sentences
It should be added, in justice to the worthy citizen, that a half crown immediately rewarded the witty jarvey for his ready joke.
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Outside the Dublin Distillers Company's stores an outside car without fare or jarvey stood, the reins knotted to the wheel.
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He signed to the waiting jarvey who chucked at the reins and set on towards Lord Edward street.
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The next time I saw the boots, they were on the foot-board of a hackney-coach; yea, on the very feet of the Jarvey.
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Seeing there was nothing for it but to make a clean breast, Captain Jarvey Jessop wasted no further time in useless lamentation.
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