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flivver

UK/ˈflɪv.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈflɪv.ɚ/

flivver noun: an automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.

flivver: an automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive
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Noun

flivver (plural flivvers)

  1. (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.1920 July, Lyman Seelye, “Quite a Picnic”, in The Overland Monthly
    • Shortly after daylight a procession of mule-drawn waggons, broken-down flivvers, and buggies begins wheeling in from the countryside ...1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1
    1. (Canada, US, colloquial, dated, originally) A Ford Model T.
  2. (US, derogatory, historical, slang) A destroyer of the United States Navy with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons.

flivver meaning in Tamil

flivver in Tamil

இயங்கா உந்து வண்டி

Synonyms of flivver

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Forms of flivver

pluralflivvers

Origin of flivver

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.

Words that rhyme with flivver

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Questions about flivver

What does flivver mean?
Flivver means an automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
What is flivver in Tamil?
Flivver in Tamil is இயங்கா உந்து வண்டி. See Flivver meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is flivver?
Flivver is a noun.
How do you pronounce flivver?
Flivver is pronounced /ˈflɪv.ɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of flivver?
The plural of flivver is flivvers.

Words near flivver in the dictionary

  1. flitty
  2. Flitwick
  3. flitwite
  4. fliver
  5. flivers
  6. flivver
  7. flivvers
  8. flix
  9. flixel
  10. flixels
  11. Flixton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flivver (page history and authors); flivver (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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