jarvey

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noun

A hackney coach driver .

First used 17th and 18th centuriesScrabble 19
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Meanings

nounjarvey (plural jarvies or jarveys)

plural jarvies · plural jarveys · alternative jarvie · alternative jarvy

  1. datedA hackney coach driver .First known use 17th and 18th centuries
  2. IrelandThe driver of a jaunting car.

    […] Dublin residents, like those jarvies waiting news from abroad, would tempt any ancient mariner who sailed the ocean seas to draw the long bow about the schooner Hesperus and etcetera.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 16

Origin

Two origins have been suggested, although there is no solid evidence for either: * They are named after Saint Gervais. * They are named after a coachman named Jarvis.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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