jarvey

English

Alternative forms

jarvie
jarvy

Etymology

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.

Noun

jarvey (plural jarvies or jarveys)

(dated) A hackney coach driver [17th and 18th centuries].
(Ireland) The driver of a jaunting car.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 16:
  […] 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.

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