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
  • The first night, the characters are menaced by a bald hulk in overalls, wearing a clown mask with the mouth area (including his teeth) smashed in.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Because the park was damaged and is surrounded by the hulks of once-beloved homes.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • According to the warrant affidavit, the dogs were allegedly kept in crates stacked with three to four on top of one another.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Authorities said that Zinna had likely been placed in the crate for her health and safety while recovering from surgery.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Arenas' family shared a statement from one of the people who helped him out of the car after the wreck.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • But too much money, too much time wrecks creativity.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 24 Apr. 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
  • 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 2 May. 2025.

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