Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small motor vehicle, such as a bus or van, that transports passengers on a route for a small fare.
- noun Slang A nickel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a small bus or similar vehicle carrying passengers on a fixed route, used for public transport.
- noun slang, archaic A five-cent piece; a nickel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
bus orminibus which typically operates service on a fixed route, sometimes scheduled. - noun An unlicensed
taxi cab. - noun A shared-ride taxi.
- noun US, archaic A small coin, a nickel.
- noun US, archaic Very
inexpensive . - noun this sense?) A
fraudulent arrangement whereby abroker who has direct access to an exchange executes trades on behalf of a broker who doesn't.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the "jitney," as Mr. Merkel dubbed his auto, several cowboys from Diamond X (including the veteran foreman Slim) reached Happy
The Boy Ranchers on the Trail Willard F. Baker
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In specific trades, such as jitney services, government officials have created relatively pragmatic licensing requirements that help to foster growth and opportunity.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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The Hampton Jitney has an Ambassador Service, which is infinitely more comfortable than the regular jitney.
Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? Everybody Sleeps Where? In the Hamptons Part 1 Mara Gibbs 2010
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When I called to find out why, they couldn't tell me more than "the old stop was dangerous" (it had been there for over 50 years & no accidents) & that as a certified cripple, I could call the LIFT jitney to get me at home - That's fine deluxe service, but it costs TriMet over $20 per person per trip, & I would pay less than 10% of that.
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Even before the automobile became ubiquitous, competition arose from other modes of transportation like the jitney, an automobile that carried passengers for a nickel along routes that ran parallel to the trolley line.
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At the ferry landing in Luanda Kotieno, a town of about 6,500 people, Walter Omondi, 20, just out of high school and working as a helper on a little, skinny water jitney with a small outboard motor, said he had tried drinking water straight from the lake.
In East Africa, Selling Drinking Water Straight From the Pond 2010
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The Hampton Jitney has an Ambassador Service, which is infinitely more comfortable than the regular jitney.
Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? Everybody Sleeps Where? In the Hamptons Part 1 2010
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“A jitney we were on last night, a real broken-down old flivver.”
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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Considering more than 80% of all commuter trips are between areas outside downtown, priority should be given to more flexible, less costly systems such as rapid commuter bus lines, bus rapid transit, as well as subsidized dial-a-ride and jitney services that can work between suburban centers.
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At the ferry landing in Luanda Kotieno, a town of about 6,500 people, Walter Omondi, 20, just out of high school and working as a helper on a little, skinny water jitney with a small outboard motor, said he had tried drinking water straight from the lake.
Joseph B. Treaster: In East Africa, Selling Drinking Water Straight From the Pond 2010
qms commented on the word jitney
The hackney and hansom applied
And made Ernest's list of paid ride.
But his taxicab litany
Excluded the jitney -
Too public a lift to abide.
Find out more about Ernest Bafflewit
February 25, 2016