noun
- cheap or unreliable automobiles, especially old ones
Usage: informal; dated
Examples
- The used car lot was full of old flivvers that barely ran.
- He drove one of those ancient flivvers that broke down every few miles.
- The mechanic specialized in fixing up old flivvers from the 1920s.
- Those flivvers were affordable but not very dependable.
- The parade featured several restored flivvers from the early automotive era.
- She inherited her grandfather’s collection of vintage flivvers.