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jarvies

jarvies is the plural of jarvey.

jarvies is the plural of jarvie.

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 jarvies

What is jarvies the plural of?
Jarvies is the plural of jarvey.

Words near jarvies in the dictionary

  1. jaruls
  2. jarvey
  3. jarveys
  4. Jarvi
  5. jarvie
  6. jarvies
  7. Jarvis
  8. Jarvis Creek
  9. Jarvis Island
  10. jarvy
  11. Jary

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