flivvers

noun

plural of flivver
as in wrecks

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  1. wrecks
  2. crates
Noun
  • Historians estimate that as many as 1,000 ships sank during the Middle Passage, but fewer than 20 of these wrecks have been documented.
    — Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
  • Back inside the courtroom, CBS New York reported that prosecutors alleged Bithorn had previously put her children in danger via her alleged alcoholism, including multiple car wrecks.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Definition of wrecks
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  • Sit, who went by the first name Tony, operated Happy K9 Academy and the dogs were in his care when they were kept in crates in a hot van and died, the district attorney’s office said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 July 2026
  • In a subsequent investigation, authorities found that Sit kept the animals in small crates in a hot van, where the animals died of heat stroke.
    — Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of crates
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“Flivvers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flivvers. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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