jarvey

noun

1. A hackney coach driver .

   dated

2. 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.

Where it comes from

Two origins have been suggested, although there is no solid evidence for either: * They are named after Saint Gervais. * They are named after a coachman named Jarvis.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry jarvey (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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