tin lizzie

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Recent Examples of tin lizzie Either way, Hong Kong and the tin lizzie go down. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 15 Apr. 2021
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Noun
  • The first series was a successful touring car, of which only 1,945 were made from 1969 to 1972.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
  • Ickx won eight Formula One grands Prix, dominated at Le Mans, won the Paris-Dakar rally and sports and touring car races all over the world.
    Michael Taylor, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The bakery also features a chocolate mousse cream puff.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • There’s also a new pastry cart with treats from Hotel Bel-Air’s on-site Patisserie for all your cream puff and croissant cravings.
    Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Bonneville, a dry lakebed on the border of Utah and Nevada, has long been an iconic location for land speed records, with Speed Week attracting around 500 hot rods, roadsters and motorcycles each year.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Originally painted white, the king of rock and roll had the roadster resprayed red after his female fans kept writing on it with lipstick.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike Chicago, which had a negative perception of Nascar from the initial announcement, San Diego appears to be welcoming of stock car racing.
    Joseph Wolkin, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • Two years ago, NASCAR assigned Ben Kennedy the task of addressing two items on the stock car racing wish list — adding a Southern California race and staging a race on a military base.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • The electrified muscle car was not quickly embraced by buyers.
    Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • With the Cobra Jet’s 710 horsepower V8, 6-speed manual transmission, power rack-and-pinion steering, upgraded suspension, and four-wheel disc brakes, the car is ready and willing to thrill its driver in a track setting, in a way no traditional muscle car ever could.
    Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025

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“Tin lizzie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin%20lizzie. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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