jarvey

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hackney coach driver . dated
  2. The driver of a jaunting car. Ireland
    — […] 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.

词形变化

jarvies plural jarveys plural jarvie alternative jarvy alternative

词源

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.
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