Jeeves

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname originating as a matronymic.

A fictional valet in the stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

(by extension) A valet, butler or helper who fulfills the model of a helpful servant.

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There was a sound in the background like a distant sheep coughing gently on a mountainside. Jeeves sailing into action. P. G. Wodehouse

"The contingency is remote." (This is also a Jeeves quote in the PG Wodehouse Novels) Jack Vance

Jeeves lugged my purple socks out of the drawer as if he were a vegetarian fishing a caterpillar out of his salad. P. G. Wodehouse

I charged into something which might have been a tree, but was not--being, in point of fact, Jeeves. P. G. Wodehouse

Yes, sir,' said Jeeves in a low, cold voice, as if he had been bitten in the leg by a personal friend. P. G. Wodehouse

I started back to the house, and in the drive I met Jeeves. He was at the wheel of Stiffy's car. Beside him, looking like a Scotch elder rebuking sin, was the dog Bartholomew. P. G. Wodehouse

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