flivver

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

flivvers

1.
(Canada, US, colloquial, dated)An automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
Đồng nghĩa: jalopy, tin Lizzie, banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, hooptie, jalopy, junker, lemon, old banger, rattletrap, rustbucket, shed, shitbox, shitpot, shitcan, shitbucket, tin Lizzie, wreck
2.
(US, derogatory, historical, slang)(US, military, nautical, historical, slang, derogatory) A destroyer of the United States Navy with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons.

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jalopytin Lizziebanger beaterbucket of boltsbucket of rustclunker crate crockhooptiejunker lemonold bangerrattletraprustbucketshedshitboxshitpotshitcanshitbucket

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Nguồn gốc từ

, early 20. 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.