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Jarvy

Jarvey \Jar"vey\, Jarvy \Jar"vy\, n.

  1. The driver of a hackney coach. [Slang, Eng.]
    --Carlyle.

  2. A hackney coach. [Slang, Eng.]

    The litter at the bottom of the jarvy.
    --T. Hook.

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jarvy

n. (alternative form of jarvey English)

Usage examples of "jarvy".

The hoi polloi of jarvies or stevedores or whatever they were after a cursory examination turned their eyes apparently dissatisfied, away though one redbearded bibulous individual portion of whose hair was greyish, a sailor probably, still stared for some appreciable time before transferring his rapt attention to the floor.