flivver

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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. 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
  • 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
  • Like the port-holes of a hulk, Human spiders spin and spin, Backward down their threads so thin Dropping, each a hempen bulk.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After a photo of Gilbert showing her inside a crate began to spread online, people reported the vendor to local law enforcement, prompting an evaluation by Warren County Animal Control.
    Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Dodge followed the Hellcat up with the more powerful Demon, and a massive, 1000-horsepower crate engine dubbed the Hellephant.
    Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In bodycam footage provided by Ory, the gold truck's driver said the woman driving the car behind him caused the wreck after pulling into the other lane to avoid colliding with the back of the truck.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Police said neither alcohol nor drugs appear to be factors in the wreck.
    Fox19 staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 6 Oct. 2025.

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