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tin lizzie

(liz′ē)

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Slang any cheap or old automobile

Origin: orig. nickname of an early model of Ford automobile

See tin lizzie in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang

A dilapidated or cheap car.

Origin:

Origin: After Tin Lizzie, nickname for the Ford Model T automobile

Origin: , perhaps from Lizzie, name commonly given to horses

Origin: , nickname for Elizabeth

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