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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garvey
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
  • Kayaks, canoes and stand up paddleboards are also available to take out.
    Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In Ellabell, where golf courses and canoe outposts define the local economy, the megasite looms both as a beacon of opportunity and a source of tension.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But those were mere skiffs by comparison with the general-entertainment battleships.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The Tacketts rejected the Alaska State Trooper’s conclusion that their son had fallen out of the skiff and drowned.
    Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Plunge into the pristine waters for snorkeling, kayaking, outrigger canoeing or stand-up paddleboarding.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And Ami just loses her footing and falls off the outrigger.
    EW.com, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That was enough to buy him a space on a derelict dinghy, with some 70 others, hoping soon to see England’s white cliffs.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The outlet reported a rescue boat was deployed to help the man, who was pulled from the sea onto a dinghy, but did not survive.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • In a startling revelation, the crew members aboard this intergalactic garbage scow turn out to be the descendants of American astronauts launched 200 years earlier during humanity's pre-warp, post-World War III days.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The three women died after a pontoon boat with seven occupants flipped over in the western Maine lake.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Or, have dinner on a pontoon boat with each course delivered by silent canoe.
    Karin Jones, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • On an aluminum johnboat, a good seat can make a world of difference.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023

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“Garvey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garvey. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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