Noun: jarvey
| Singular | jarvey |
| Plural | jarvies; jarveys |
Sample Sentences
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[…] 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, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 16:]
Nouns inflected like jarvey
smokey,
hostess trolley,
cartooney,
spirit money,
curtsey,
fogey,
money,
covey,
ghost money,
jarvey,
Etymology
1. Two origins have been suggested, although there is no solid evidence for either:
2. * They are named after Saint Gervais.
3. * They are named after a coachman named Jarvis.