jitney
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈdʒɪtni/
- Archaic
:
jitney
- It's about a five or a 10-minute jitney ride.
- jitney bus
- ride by jitney
Examples
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Once a jitney bus stops: I have no money, but the driver lets me ride on the route between crates of chickens and fruit.
Fiction book (1993) -
A much better solution is to permit entrepreneurs to offer unrestricted transportation services (shuttle, van, taxi, jitney).
Blog text (18) -
Wanna take me to the jitney?
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I could have left my wallet on the jitney.
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Although we were tourists, the jitneys interested us as they took people to markets, jobs, entertainment spots, and back home, so that's what we used.
Academic text (2001) -
Derek rode the jitney with me from Mevagissey to the station in St. Austell and put me on the train to Exeter.
Fiction book (1993) -
At every intersection, young men were waiting to be picked up by jitneys and driven across the checkpoint to the Israeli side of Jerusalem for day work.
Fiction book (2001) -
Momma had a job checking groceries at the Jitney-Jungle on West Capitol, and she was supposed to be at work by eight-thirty.
Fiction book (1996) -
For local people, however, there were little jitney buses, actually station wagons, owned by their drivers who were free to take passengers along whatever routes they pleased, on whatever schedules the demand justified, for whatever fares they set in free competition.
Academic text (2001) -
The jitney arrived at the corner, ready to pick up passengers for a quick ride downtown.
Synonyms
4
2.7
A small bus that carries about four to ten people
1
4.1
A small bus that carries a few people for short trips
1
7.7
A small colorful bus that carries people in the Philippines and is often decorated
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Etymology
Jitney probably comes from an old American slang word for a coin that meant 'five cents', because early rides cost a nickel. So a jitney became the name for a cheap small bus or car that carries passengers for a low fare.