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What (who) is JITNEY - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Jitney (disambiguation); Jitneys
jitney
['d??tni]
¦ noun (plural jitneys) N. Amer. informal a small bus carrying passengers for a low fare.
Origin
early 20th cent. (orig. denoting a five-cent piece): of unknown origin.
Jitney (play)
PLAY BY AUGUST WILSON
Jitney is a play by American playwright August Wilson. The eighth in his "Pittsburgh Cycle", this play is set in a worn-down gypsy cab station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in early autumn 1977.
A Jitney Elopement
1915 FILM BY CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Jitney Elopement
A Jitney Elopement was Charlie Chaplin's fifth film for Essanay Films. It starred Chaplin and Edna Purviance as lovers, with Purviance wanting Chaplin to take her away from an arranged marriage her father (played by Fred Goodwins) had planned for her.
Examples of use of JITNEY
1. While the woman was looking out the window for the jitney, Curry–Demus grabbed her from behind and stabbed her in the back.
2. Among those early efforts was a play called "Jitney," which he revised more than two decades later as part of his 10–play cycle.
3. "People need us because of the lack of public transport," says jitney driver Roberto Carmenate, proud owner of a 1'56 Chevrolet Bel Air.
4. The woman wasn‘t comfortable with that and a jitney was called for Curry–Demus in the early morning of May 5.
5. HAVANA (Reuters) – "All aboard for Capitolio, via Linea!" cries a jitney cab driver looking to fill his shiny black 1'47 Chevrolet Fleetmaster.