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jarveys

jarveys is the plural of jarvey.

Meaning of jarvey

Noun

jarvey (plural jarvies or jarveys)

  1. (dated) A hackney coach driver .
  2. (Ireland) The 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

Questions about jarveys

What is jarveys the plural of?
Jarveys is the plural of jarvey.

Words near jarveys in the dictionary

  1. Jaruda
  2. Jarudas
  3. jarul
  4. jaruls
  5. jarvey
  6. jarveys
  7. Jarvi
  8. jarvie
  9. jarvies
  10. Jarvis
  11. Jarvis Creek

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