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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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Remember: Without the stunning moment when the boat kisses that frozen hulk, this Best Picture winner is just another Romeo and Juliet knockoff.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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Like the ghostly hulk of the Titanic below the surface of the sea, Northbrook Court is a quiet and cavernous relic — at the bottom of the retail food chain.—
David Petitti,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Roadrunner is built to be launched out of its own packing crate; before the test flight, the engineers placed one of those crates in the scrub, as tumbleweeds skittered by.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Crate Cover This crate cover provides privacy, security and creates a cozy atmosphere to help reduce anxious behaviors like barking and chewing. Crate Pad This machine-washable crate pad functions as a mattress but can double as a dog bed.—
Kelsey Monstrola,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
Noun
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The man driving the Honda ran from the wreck, police said, and there is no indication he was located.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
18 July 2025
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Researchers have recovered more than 3,300 artifacts from the wreck, including gold coins inscribed with Arabic, pieces of porcelain and religious figurines.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 July 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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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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“Flivver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flivver. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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