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flivver † [origin unknown] Slang 
1 n. a cheap light car, especially a Ford of early make.
- 1910 (1921) ". . . You stick to me an' you'll be travellin' 'round the country in a flivver."
- 1939 [We were] trundling round the country in a flivver with Mr. Fiddler at the wheel.
- 1958 "The term flivver, for example, used in this book to describe any ancient motor car, was never used to describe a car other than a Model T Ford."
2 n. Obs. (attributive uses) cheaply made; small; insignificant; of little account.
- 1917 [He is] the greatest little flivver statesman in captivity.
- 1936 Numerous successful experiments are being conducted with so-called "flea" or "flivver" types [of aeroplanes].
- 1910 (1921) ". . . You stick to me an' you'll be travellin' 'round the country in a flivver."