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Recent Examples of flivver
Eight thousand fans could fit in the bleachers and grandstands, with, as a novelty, room for people in 150 cars to watch the game from their flivvers.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
In the background are two flivvers, which brought them there over bouncy roads.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 30 Aug. 2019
Leader of the campaign is a white man, the county health officer, a former Georgia farm boy who drove a flivver through fields of mud, 36 miles a day to medical school.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 25 July 2017
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
In the background are two flivvers, which brought them there over bouncy roads.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 30 Aug. 2019
Leader of the campaign is a white man, the county health officer, a former Georgia farm boy who drove a flivver through fields of mud, 36 miles a day to medical school.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 25 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flivver
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Kadyrov’s fighters were instrumental in the final assault on Donetsk Airport in January, having fought for months to capture the wrecked hulk of buildings that once made up the passenger terminals.Nicholas Waller, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2015
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There were literal piles of dead and mangled Russians around the smoldering hulks.David Axe, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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No worries about weight restrictions or crate dimensions here — just a whole group of people with the same love of dogs and the same feeling of relief.Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2024
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Take, for instance, his eight-foot-long Double Knot table, which borrows its texture from the egg crate.Morgan Meier, Curbed, 14 Dec. 2024
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Cyclists held a memorial ride in Milligan's memory days after the fatal wreck.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Maryland fatal wreck:Police investigating shooting and crash that killed 1, injured 9 Police continue to investigate motive in family's apparent murder-suicide On Thursday, Vainuku said detectives continued to investigate the apparent murder suicide case, the motive remained under investigation.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Golf carts resemble the Joad’s family jalopy in the film classic, The Grapes of Wrath, packed to the hilt with jumbo, floating water mats, some 20 feet in length, colossal floats better suited for the Macy’s Day Parade, and the largest sand robber of them all, the canvas beach cabana.Steve Cambria, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
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Do your annoying neighbors constantly park their old jalopy in front of your home?Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 July 2024
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“Flivver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flivver. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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