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flivvers

flivvers is the plural of flivver.

Meaning of flivver

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
    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.

Questions about flivvers

What is flivvers the plural of?
Flivvers is the plural of flivver.

Words near flivvers in the dictionary

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

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