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flivver

slang An old, beat-up vehicle. Oh geez, that flivver won't make it down the street—you guys are better off walking!
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flivver

(ˈflɪvɚ)
n. an old car. (Once a nickname for the Model-T Ford.) Whose flivver is that parked out in the street?
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