- Look up
jitney in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Jitney may
refer to: Ford
Model T, an
influential car also
colloquially known as a "
jitney" when used...
- companies,
forced jitneys out of
business in most places. By the end of 1916, only 6,000
jitneys remained.
Operators were
referred to as "
jitney men." They were...
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Hampton Jitney is a
commuter bus
company based in Southampton, New York. It
operates three primary routes from the east end of Long
Island (The Hamptons...
- by
returning veterans. It
would be
jitneys that
would carry many of the cash
customers to the
store and back.
Jitney was also a
slang term for a nickel...
- for
regulating jitneys,
found 23 out of 33
jitneys to be unsafe,
which were
taken out of service.
Claims have also been made that
jitneys cause congestion...
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residents turn to
jitneys—unofficial,
unlicensed taxi cabs—that
operate in the community. This play
portrays the
lives of the
jitney drivers at the station...
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Jitney Elopement was
Charlie Chaplin's
fifth film for
Essanay Films. It
starred Chaplin and Edna
Purviance as lovers, with
Purviance wanting Chaplin...
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Jitney Players was the name of a
traveling American acting company that was
formed in 1923. The
Jitney Players were
begun by
Horace B.
Cheney Jr., He and...
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incorporate the
jitney system,
which has
grown since 2000.
Legislation to
regulate them has been
introduced in the New
Jersey Legislature. Many
jitneys, including...
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enforce with $500 tickets, and a trip to the courthouse. In Pittsburgh,
jitneys are
unlicensed cabs that
specialize in
areas underserved by traditional...
