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jarvey

/jahr-vee/US // ˈdʒɑr vi //UK // (ˈdʒɑːvɪ) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural jar·veys.Irish English.

    • : a hackney coachman.
    • : a hackney coach.

Examples

  • It should be added, in justice to the worthy citizen, that a half crown immediately rewarded the witty jarvey for his ready joke.

  • Outside the Dublin Distillers Company's stores an outside car without fare or jarvey stood, the reins knotted to the wheel.

  • He signed to the waiting jarvey who chucked at the reins and set on towards Lord Edward street.

  • 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.

  • Seeing there was nothing for it but to make a clean breast, Captain Jarvey Jessop wasted no further time in useless lamentation.