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☆ jit·ney (jit′nē)

noun pl. jitneys -·neys

  1. Slang a five-cent coin; nickel
  2. a small bus or a car, esp. one traveling a regular route, that carries passengers for a low fare, originally five cents

Etymology: c. 1903 < ? Fr jeton, jeton

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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