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flivver.

An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈflɪv.ɚ/General-American/ˈflɪv.ə(ɹ)/UK
  1. An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.

    Canada · US · colloquial · dated
  2. An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive. A Ford Model T.

    Canada · US · colloquial · dated
  3. A destroyer of the United States Navy with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons.

    US · derogatory · historical · slang
Where this word comes from

Unknown, early 20th c.. A book titled "At the Front in a Flivver" was published in 1917. Cartoonist Tad Dorgan in 1919 claimed to have created the term in his comic strip Judge Rummy.

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