Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A jitney bus used in the Philippines for public transportation.
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- noun A
vehicle used aspublic transport in thePhilippines , originally made fromUS military jeeps left over fromWorld War II and well known for theirflamboyant decoration andcrowded seating .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A post-modern, transportative, artisan-fact like a jeepney is almost calculated to make GenX travelsters wet their shorts with cum-to-Jesus.
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Clad in a orange jacket, the popular actor-turned-politician rode a "jeepney" - the most common public transport in the country - through the heart of Manila to the office of the Commission on Elections to formally present his candidacy papers.
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Plus there's the colorful cart that recalls jeepney art.
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The only Filipino youtube videos with the word "jeepney" in them were the excessively posted video of a band called "Sponge Cola," (?) who had an apparent hit with their song "Jeepney."
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But once you've seen one, all you need to say is "jeepney" for the full force of its symbolism -- its representativeness, its jumble and joy and color -- to infect whatever word you're modifying.
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With exhausts that belch out dark clouds of fumes, drivers who arrogantly break road rules and sardine-can-like interiors, "jeepney" mini-buses are an unlikely source of pride in the Philippines.
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MANILA (AFP) - With exhausts that belch out dark clouds of fumes, drivers who arrogantly break road rules and sardine-can-like interiors, "jeepney" mini-buses are an unlikely source of pride in the Philippines.
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Philippines-Riding one of the country's iconic "jeepney" mini-buses used by the poor, Joseph Estrada burst into Manila's dockside slums to begin a seven-month drive aimed at returning him to the Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo defended her anti-corruption credentials on Tuesday after a witness in a Senate probe into alleged kickbacks said she was at the centre of the
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Philippines-Riding one of the country's iconic "jeepney" mini-buses used by the poor, Joseph Estrada burst into Manila's dockside
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Riding one of the Philippines 'iconic "jeepney" mini-buses used by the poor, Joseph Estrada burst into Manila's dockside slums to begin a seven-month drive aimed at ...
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He drives a Jeepney – a public transport vehicle originally converted from Jeeps abandoned by the US military.
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