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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.
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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.
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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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The hulk has made it to the Seaport once — in September 2024 when it was towed to Pier 17 for a Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Week event.
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But Lobo isn't some mindless arrogant hulk out to impose his indomitable will.
Noun
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An Irvine dog trainer who operated Happy K9 Academy was convicted of killing 11 dogs by keeping them in small crates in a hot van and lying to the pets’ owners about the deaths, authorities said.
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Though crates, boxes and moving vans will not be present, the first day of July is like moving day in college football.
Noun
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Preservation advocates warn that selling wreck relics to private collectors risks turning a maritime grave into a billionaire trophy hunt, even as Titanic memorabilia command multimillion-dollar bids worldwide.
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Trans-Atlantic dispute over the artifacts RMS Titanic wants to auction some of the first artifacts salvaged from the wreck.
Noun
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Two doors down, someone is adding to their sizable collection of jalopies.
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Ringo Starr’s Jeep is parked next to Tommy Lee’s black jalopy.
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“Flivver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flivver. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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