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Recent Examples of flivver
Eight thousand fans could fit in the bleachers and grandstands, with, as a novelty, room for people in 150 cars to watch the game from their flivvers.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
In the background are two flivvers, which brought them there over bouncy roads.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 30 Aug. 2019
Leader of the campaign is a white man, the county health officer, a former Georgia farm boy who drove a flivver through fields of mud, 36 miles a day to medical school.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 25 July 2017
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
In the background are two flivvers, which brought them there over bouncy roads.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 30 Aug. 2019
Leader of the campaign is a white man, the county health officer, a former Georgia farm boy who drove a flivver through fields of mud, 36 miles a day to medical school.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 25 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flivver
Noun
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Your job is to break up the wrecks of massive ships and space hulks, carving them apart to release valuable components which can be reused or recycled at huge profits by your despicable space overlords.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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There, beside the shiplike hulk of the Basilica of San Petronio—which is a work in progress, the foundation stone having been laid in 1390, and which somebody really should get around to finishing one of these days—was a vast white screen.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The crash caused wooden crates to become dislodged and several monkeys to escape into the roadside median.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Playing with a favorite toy or going to their crate can replace barking to greet guests.—
Madeline Gunderson,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Marissa thought that the mom had died by suicide after the wreck.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Knarr also shared a story about a nurse who survived not only the wrecks of the Titanic but also its sister ships, Olympic and the Britannic.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Stan would then state how urgently this jalopy was in need of cleaning, and Sandra might remark dryly how men never change.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
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Her ride is a jalopy of a propeller plane piloted by Daryl (Wahlberg), who turns out to be a Mob hit man.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Flivver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flivver. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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