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jarvy

jarvy is the alternative form 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

Forms of jarvy

pluraljarvies

Questions about jarvy

What is jarvy the alternative form of?
Jarvy is the alternative form of jarvey.

Words near jarvy in the dictionary

  1. jarvie
  2. jarvies
  3. Jarvis
  4. Jarvis Creek
  5. Jarvis Island
  6. jarvy
  7. Jary
  8. jarya
  9. jaryas
  10. jas
  11. Jas.

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