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/ˈd͡ʒiːhjuː/ · noun
(colloquial, dated) A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously..
Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor."
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Jehu means (colloquial, dated) A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously..
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Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor."
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