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jarvey
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tags: [equestrian] [rare]
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Definition:a hackney coach or jaunting car driver
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Bloom was pointing out all the stars and the comets in the heavens to Chris Callinan and the jarvey: the great bear and Hercules and the dragon, and the whole jingbang lot.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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supposing one man wished to dog another through London, what better means could he adopt than to turn cabdriver. All these considerations led me to the irresistible conclusion that Jefferson Hope was to be found among the jarveys of the Metropolis.
Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet.
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