flivver

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flivver

/ˈflɪv.ɚ/ US
/ˈflɪv.ə(ɹ)/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪvə(ɹ)

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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.

noun flivvers

Canada, US, colloquial, dated An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive. Billy being too poor to own a car, had hired a cheap flivver for the day, and was purposely ten minutes behind the time, but to his disgust found the procession not yet started.
Similar: jalopy, tin Lizzie, banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, gas guzzler, hooptie
Canada, US, colloquial, dated A Ford Model T.
Similar: jalopy, tin Lizzie, banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, gas guzzler, hooptie
US, derogatory, historical, slang A destroyer of the United States Navy with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons.

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@misc{flivver_2026,
  title = {flivver},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flivver},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}