jitney

Example Sentences

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He had just come from helping at his church’s soup kitchen and now was at Tops, volunteering in the community jitney service that shuttles people without a ride to and from the store.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2022

What’s remarkable is that only Smith in the role of Doub, Anthony Chisholm as the old alcoholic jitney driver Fielding and Harvy Blanks as the colorful neighborhood numbers taker are reprising their Broadway performances.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2019

Who needs an on-call jitney in downtown Chicago?

From New York Times • May 15, 2018

The jitney came and she didn’t have long to wait; the hotel was a new one, surprisingly close by.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2018

The jitney takes about twenty minutes to drop me off at Mr. Reilly’s work.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson