Brewer's: Jehu

A coachman, especially one who drives at a rattling pace.

“The watchman told, saying, ... The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.” —2 Kings ix. 20.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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