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

Some are braving the trains; others the jitney.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2020

This is the dramatic context for this jitney station, which is about to be boarded up by the city so that it can eventually be torn down.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2019

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, which is what rich people call the shuttle, goes up at seven, and I can drop the pieces off then.

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