garvey

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Recent Examples of garvey The Jawn — a slang word particular to Philadelphia that functions as a pronoun for pretty much anything — is a garvey, a type of work boat. Cassie Owens, Philly.com, 2 June 2018
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Noun
  • Everything was hunky dory when federal law enforcement was raiding Mar-a-Lago and President Joe Biden was getting a free pass?
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
  • Luckily, once the job is done, everything seems pretty hunky dory, as if there had never been any reckonings at all.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • After lunch, Bud and Stan took a canoe to explore a long draw of water in back of camp while Ed and I strung up the radio aerial and called Cache Lake.
    Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Is a canoe the most reliable mode of transport for getting to the World Cup in New Jersey?
    Austin Elias-de Jesus, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Another unique addition to the outdoor space is a wooden skiff from Martha's Vineyard, which Leon says was one of his dad's favorite anecdotes to share with visitors.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • Over several weeks during the summers of 2020 through 2023, our team spent many hours navigating Mosquito Lagoon in a small skiff designed for shallow depths, recording seagrass presence.
    Hannah V. Herrero, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Immerse yourself in Hawaiian traditions and culture through the Hale Kukuna Cultural Center or explore the ocean in a Hawaiian outrigger canoe.
    Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
  • An outrigger canoe team of six was competing in a race in Monterey, Calif., over Memorial Day weekend when a special marine guest came aboard briefly.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The drugs were thought to have been brought over by dinghy from Anzio on the mainland, police said.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • His anti-immigration message has shifted from focusing on Polish plumbers to asylum seekers in dinghies.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.
    Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.
    Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Captain An Electric Boat Around Morro Bay Estero Adventures rents quiet electric pontoon boats that visitors operate themselves.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • But nature is the real reason people step on his pontoon.
    John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Hodge, who runs an Alweld Invader, a shallow-running johnboat, didn’t have forward-facing sonar or any other fancy electronics onboard.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 13 May 2026
  • Stanberry and her husband, and sometimes friends who like to come along, will brave the heat and bugs and hike out into the swamp, drive out to trails in a vehicle, take electric bikes or motor around in a johnboat looking for the invasive species.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Garvey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garvey. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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