Meaning of fliver | Babel Free
/ˈflɪvɚ/Definitions
Alternative spelling of flivver.
alt-of, alternative
Examples
“He had seated himself in the farmer's old fliver, [and] ridden for some miles.”
“A natural born mechanic and tinkerer, he kept many an old fliver on the road.”
“"Come on old fliver. Don't let us down now," he coaxed. But the faithful machine had gone as far as it could. The fuel mix had burned #until the last minute. Now the moisture in the tank was too much for the firing system.”
“But with my new job I was able to buy an old fliver down at Able Andy's car lot.”
“[...] the twenty-one inch wheels handled the poor roads and the dependable old "fliver" had enough steel in it to build two of today's cars.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.